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A previously healthy 51-year-old man with no history of travel outside of Montana presented to a local emergency department in May 2009 with fever, frontal headache, dizziness, numbness, and tingling.
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of immediate vs. deferred ART in 253 patients with HIV-associated TB meningitis was conducted to determine whether immediate ART reduced the risk of death.
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The numbers of households with pets are increasing in many countries across the world. In addition, data obtained from media sources note a trend in the percentage of these pets sleeping in, or on, the owner's bed.
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The Vermont MDRO Prevention Collaborative administered a baseline infection prevention survey developed by the CDC to assess the status of long term care facilities as the project began.
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The challenge of improving infection prevention is a formidable one, given such basic conundrums as how do you effectively isolate an infected or colonized resident who needs to move about and socialize for their overall health and well-being?
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Fifteen percent of U.S. nursing homes receive deficiency citations for infection control per year, with many of those breaches tied to staffing issues, long term care researchers report.
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Though conceding that powdered latex gloves pose little risk of causing patient infections, the nation's largest infection prevention group is joining the chorus of those urging the Food and Drug Administration to ban the gloves in favor of safer alternatives.
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There are obvious challenges that run through the training of an Infection Preventionist (IP) and fortunately many have answers with solid references.
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Stacey Taylor RN,BSN, entered her job as a rookie infection preventionist with much more optimism than experience, ready to take on a new role she saw as both interesting and important.
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As infection control and prevention in long term care settings becomes a national priority, a little state may provide some key answers to a big problem: the spread of multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs) across the healthcare continuum.
