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Prison systems are a prime intervention point to stop the silent epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV), as millions of people infected with HCV in the United States are in jail or have a history of incarceration.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule outlining new labeling regulations designed to help reduce the development of drug-resistant bacterial strains.
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A new, highly transmissible strain of norovirus first associated with outbreaks on cruise ships is now wreaking havoc in long-term care facilities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has clarified its controversial request for data on fatal infections, emphasizing that such outcomes should be reported as sentinel events only if the infection was clearly the cause of death.
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Prison systems are a prime intervention point to stop the silent epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV), as millions of people infected with HCV in the United States are in jail or have a history of incarceration.
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The demographics of our foreign-born population have undergone a polar shift during the past 50 years. Europeans once made up the majority of new arrivals, but Asians and Latin Americans now predominate. Part II of this series will familiarize physicians with some of the infections and diseases specific to immigrants from particular regions of the world.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Smallpox Vaccination and Adverse ReactionsGuidance for Clinicians in the Jan. 24th edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The guidance is a thorough review of the smallpox vaccine with a well-illustrated compendium of complications.
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The centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) has issued updated guidance to help infection control professionals prevent costly intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections (BSIs).
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is pilot testing 8 of the 11 standardized intensive care core measures initially put forth for public comment.
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In a recent issue of Critical Care Alert I discussed the epidemiology and pathophysiology of invasive fungal infections that afflict patients in the ICU. In this issue, I review the current treatment options.