In this in-depth examination of 111 patients at a center in the original ARDS Net low-tidal-volume study, patients managed with 6 mL/kg or less did not require more sedation during the first 48 hours than those managed with tidal volumes of 12 mL/kg.
Clostridium difficile infections (C. diff) can be reduced sharply by aggressive, targeted infection control efforts that include interventions across various hospital departments.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta provides the following answers to common questions about Clostridium difficile (C. diff).
Sloan FA, Bereman S, Rosenbaum JD. The Fragility of the U.S. Vaccine Supply. N Engl J Med 2004; 351:2,443-2,447. With influenza vaccine as the latest example, its becoming clear that action is necessary to prevent recurrent shortages of vaccines for children and adults.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new draft TB guidelines for health care settings that generally duck the controversial respirator fit-test issue but tie several infection control measures to facility risk assessments.
A virulent new strain of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) that has been associated with an eightfold increase in mortality in some outbreaks is emerging in the United States and Canada, Hospital Infection Control has learned.