Articles Tagged With: prevention
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Prevent the Bug, Save the Drug:
Once largely consigned to separate silos, infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship are starting to show signs of a powerful partnership. The CDC’s most recent update on the threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria emphasizes that drug stewardship and infection control must essentially be inseparable if they are going to be successful.
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TJC, CDC collaborate on infection prevention project
The Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are collaborating on an initiative to disseminate CDC guidance related to infection prevention and control in ambulatory settings.
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HPV vaccine update: Get up to speed
Healthcare professionals need to be familiar with all of the indications for the human papillomavirus vaccine, make strong recommendations for receiving vaccine at ages 11 or 12, and be aware of systems that can improve practice vaccination rates.
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Change is the constant: Can IPs turn challenge into opportunity?
Infection preventionists are still struggling to raise their profile and funding for their programs, many of which received no additional support last year during an unprecedented Ebola crisis in the U.S.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration offers tools on workplace violence
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently unveiled a webpage developed to provide employers and workers with strategies and tools for preventing workplace violence in healthcare.
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Lumbar Spinal Surgery Versus Conservative Treatment
Surgery for a herniated lumbar disc with sciatica does not have a better long-term result than conservative therapy. -
Prognosis of Normal Coronary Arteries
Up to 20% of patients undergoing coronary angiography have normal arteries or mild luminal irregularities. -
Don't let emergency patients be harmed by unsafe storage of meds
To control a patient's blood pressure, an ED nurse began an infusion with a bag of dopamine from an automated dispensing cabinet (ADC), but the nurse failed to realize that instead of the usual concentration of 400 mg/250 mL, the bag contained 400 mg/500 mL that had accidentally been stocked there. -
Tuberculosis: A Primer
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common infectious cause of death in adults worldwide after HIV/AIDS. -
New FDA Approvals
FDA recently announced these approvals: Schwartz Bioscience's Neupro (rotigotine transdermal system), a skin patch designed to treat symptoms of early Parkinson's disease.