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Setting the stage for CMS regulations requiring antibiotic stewardship programs in hospitals nationwide, President Obama has issued a sweeping executive order to reduce the threat of multidrug resistant bacteria to the nation¡¯s endangered formulary
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At a time when Ebola and other emerging infections may first present at an emergency department (ED), researchers are finding a wide range of compliance — or lack thereof — with infection control measures.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) has created an online antimicrobial stewardship kit as part of its list of the top five hospital-based procedures or interventions that need to be reviewed and discussed by patients and physicians.
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Hospitalized children were discharged sooner and were less likely to be readmitted when physicians followed the recommendations of an antibiotic stewardship program, researchers reported recently in Philadelphia at the IDWeek 2014 conference. The study is the first to show the benefits of drug stewardship on children’s health.
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Haiti, with a 2007 population of 9.7 million, is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 55% of households earning less than one U.S. dollar a day. Before the earthquake, 45% of the population lacked access to safe water and 83 lacked access to adequate sanitation.
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All patients with hematologic disorders from a university teaching hospital in Belgium, who had BAL tested for galactomannan (GM) from 2005-2008, were reviewed. Only BAL samples obtained before the start of systemic antifungal therapy were used in the analysis.
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In this prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial from the Netherlands, 6,771 patients were screened on admission to the hospital for the presence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization using real-time PCR. Of those, 1,251 patients were positive for S. aureus and 917 were included in the intent-to-treat analysis.
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In October 2009, the US FDA approved Cervarix, a bivalent vaccine containing the oncogenic HPV types 16 and 18, for the prevention of cervical cancer and precancerous lesions in females ages 10 years through 25 years.
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Malaria is one of the most important diagnostic considerations in febrile returned travelers and can be fatal if not appropriately diagnosed and treated.
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