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Informed Consent, Payment Are Ethical Concerns with Egg Donation
A survey of current and former egg donors revealed some possible gaps when it comes to communicating potential long-term risks. -
Survey: More Education Could Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among Youth
Adolescents and their parents are interested in taking the COVID-19 vaccine; more education and other developments could sway even more, according to the results of a survey. Respondents indicated more information on safety and efficacy for adolescents was one of the top factors that would increase the likelihood of taking the vaccine. They also said primary care providers and health officials were their most trusted sources for vaccine information. -
Complicated Ethics of Adolescent Children Self-Consenting for Vaccines
Parental rights issues often are asserted, but at the same time, society has a stake in protecting children from harm, including medical neglect. -
Many Ethical Considerations for MDs if Patient Is Unvaccinated
Beyond the ethical questions, there are logistics, privacy, and even equity concerns to consider. -
The Evolving Ethics of Researching Illegal Substances
Interest in clinical research on cannabis and psilocybin is soaring. However, current barriers to studying these controlled substances raise ethical questions. -
C. auris Can Be Stopped, but Not Easily
A superbug that can become pan-resistant to fungal drugs, Candida auris first was reported in the United States in 2013 and continues to spread and cause hospital outbreaks.
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Reinfection: COVID-19 Vaccine Twice as Effective as Antibodies
COVID-19 vaccination is more than twice as protective as circulating antibodies in people who had a prior infection with SARS-CoV-2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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Reducing Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization
Once called “flash sterilization,” the practice of quickly sterilizing a surgical instrument and returning it to the sterile field now is called immediate-use steam sterilization (IUSS). Regardless of the name, it generally has been been discouraged if used as a substitute for lack of sufficient supplies or to save time for a non-emergency reason.
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IP Cuts SSIs by 55%, Saves a Net $805,000
A hospital saved a tidy sum and left 10 patients much happier — those who did not have surgical site infections (SSIs), as predicted by the SSI rate prior to an intervention that revamped the patient preparation protocol. -
CDC: Resistance Emerging to Last-Line Carbapenem Drugs
Carbapenems are a last-line antibiotic, one of the final weapons in the formulary against multidrug-resistant bacteria. But the ever-evolving bugs are starting to solve this drug class and have found an ingenious way to do it — genetic transfer of resistant properties to another Gram-negative bacterium.