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In a matter of weeks, the U.S. Congress is expected to enact a federal ban on a pregnancy termination procedure known as partial-birth abortion. President Bush has indicated he will sign the bill into law.
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Though some erudite veterans may tell you differently, good ethics consultants are made not born.
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If there was anyone left in doubt, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic has put the question to rest. Infectious diseases are back as a major threat to human health, say world public health officials, even among industrialized nations that once believed they were safe from harm.
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No sooner had public health officials lauded the international scientific cooperation that led to the discovery of a new Coronavirus as the cause of the highly contagious and deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), than scientists from the different communities lined up to ensure they wouldnt be left out in the cold when it comes time to profit from their discoveries.
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Increasing reports of community-acquired strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus may be driven in part by former hospital patients spreading MRSA to family members upon returning home, epidemiologists reported recently in Washington, DC, at the annual conference of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
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Though some new antibiotics are coming on to the market, the pipeline is at a mere trickle in a vast desert of resilient, resistant bugs. As a result, more drastic strategies may be needed, including economic incentives for the development of orphan drugs banning antibiotics as animal growth promoters, and saving a newly developed drug as a proverbial ace in the hole, a panel of experts noted recently.
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Infection control professionals trying to hone their approach to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the hospital may wish to review the following take-home points by Patti Grant, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, director of infection control for RHD & Trinity Medical Centers in Dallas.
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