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Side effects of statins; effects of cannabis use; antihypertensives and lip cancer; and FDA actions.
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Nasal swabs identified only two-thirds of MRSA carriers.
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In a large cohort of patients admitted to New York hospitals with diabetic ketoacidosis, about half were admitted to the ICU, with a range of 2% to 88% among individual hospitals. This large practice variation was unassociated with mortality or length of stay, and more than half of it remained unaccounted for after extensive adjustments for patient and institutional characteristics.
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A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services draft infection control survey expected to be finalized for use in hospitals next year could lead to increased support and appreciation for the challenges faced by central services departments, says Rose Seavey, RN, BS, MBA, CNOR, CRCST, CSPDT, President/CEO of Seavey Healthcare Consulting, Inc., in Arvada, CO.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to overcome some stubborn myths and misperceptions about single-dose vials including the following, which the agency refuted with the current facts.
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In what is getting to be a familiar, tragic refrain, the improper use of single-dose vials recently resulted in patients at pain clinics in Arizona and Delaware acquiring serious bacterial infections that were "completely preventable," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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In light of recurrent outbreaks linked to misuse of single-dose medication vials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is emphasizing that medications labeled as "single dose" or "single use" are to be used for only one patient.
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Looking for a quality improvement (QI) project targeting catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs)? Here's one that produced dramatic results, including a 68% decline in the CAUTI rate and a 20% reduction in the use of indwelling urinary catheters.