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Is Holding NSAIDs Prior to Surgery Rational?; Low-Dose Aspirin: Men vs Women; FDA Actions
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In this study from the University of Vermont, Turki and colleagues sought to determine the tidal volumes delivered and peak airway pressures generated during manual ventilation (hand bagging). They recruited experienced, off-duty respiratory therapists who worked regularly in the ICU and thus frequently performed manual ventilation.
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Intracerebral hemorrhage is defined as extravasation of blood into the brain parenchymal tissue or ventricles. This form of hemorrhage may be primary (as in hypertension or amyloid angiopathy) or it can be secondary to vascular lesions or coagulopathy, or trauma or tumor.
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Leonard and colleagues reviewed all the sputum specimens obtained to test for tuberculosis for nearly 4 years in a large public teaching hospital. Sensitivities of first, second, and third acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smears were calculated overall and also separately for HIV-negative and HIV-positive patients.
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A surprising 8% to 20% of all methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates collected as part of a prospective population-based surveillance were not associated with traditional risk factors and were classified as community-associated MRSA, the authors report.
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Even as the impasse over fire safety and alcohol handrubs nears resolution, another issue is putting infection control professionals and fire marshals at odds: surgical fires.
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In light of the recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decision to allow alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers in egress corridors, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology is stressing the importance of hand hygiene to health care workers and consumers.