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Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections cause a striking level of complications and deaths in patients with prosthetic devices, researchers reported recently at the annual Inter-science Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Washington, DC.
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Oseltamivir treatment of children with influenza A virus infection was associated with the selection of resistant mutants in 18% of cases.
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Infection control professionals had a median salary in the $50,000 to $59,000 range, but many are struggling to get department resources despite an onslaught of regulatory and accreditation requirements, according to the 2004 salary survey by Hospital Infection Control.
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With the media currently focused on vaccine shortages, the emergency physician must be prepared to rationally and scientifically explain diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in children with influenza. The author of this article prepares the ED physician to confidently face the 2004-2005 influenza season.
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Teaching/learning packets engender culture change
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With at least eight California hospitals closed in 2004 and more closings expected before years end, the nations quality managers could not be blamed for hoping that this time the adage that Everything starts in California does not prove true.
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One of the great challenges in the whole world of quality and patient safety is learning to take advantage of the richness of clinical cases, says Robert M. Wachter , MD, professor and associate chairman in the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and chief of the medical
service at UCSF Medical Center.
