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In anticipation of a possible significant increase in demand for emergency services due to H1N1 influenza resurgence this fall many hospitals have expressed significant concerns about compliance with "patient dumping" laws, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports.
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Asked about budget woes and cutbacks widely reported by infection preventionists, the president of the Joint Commission said surveyors are not seeing "any substantial increase in problems due to reduced staffing in these critical programs."
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, with the first lots expected to be distributed by mid-October.
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The NICO monitor (Respironics, Inc.) uses co2 production, estimated from changes in exhaled CO2 during a brief period of rebreathing, to determine cardiac output via the Fick relationship.
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For many years, infection-control experts have focused on improving the hand hygiene habits of health care providers.
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In this issue: Tamoxifen and CYP2D6 inhibitors, FDA Actions, and FDA Warnings.
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Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) occurs as a complication of neurosurgical emergencies including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intracranial hemorrhage or due to medical illnesses, such as meningitis or fulminant hepatic failure.
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Harbrecht and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh studied the effects of a targeted protocol for respiratory assessment and management in patients admitted to the hospital's neurosurgery step-down, trauma/surgery step-down, and trauma/surgery general units.
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