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Already shown to reduce central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs), a checklist protocol program has now shown to reduce mortality in ICU patients age 65 and over, researchers report.
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The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) $34 million initiative to prevent health care associated infections (HAIs) includes the following hospital-based projects.
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On Feb. 4, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved new labeling for atazanavir (Reyataz®) to include dosing recommendations for treatment of HIV-1 infection during pregnancy and postpartum period.
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Results of a new study suggest that nearly one in 10 sexually active teens have same-sex partners, which is almost twice as many as previous research studies have found.
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HIV clinicians continually are reminded to use prevention for positives (P4P) strategies with patients, yet these often are time-consuming and costly.
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Increasing numbers of studies in recent years have suggested that older HIV-infected individuals are impacted by comorbid conditions and are aging at an accelerated rate.
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HIV diagnoses among young black men who have sex with men (MSM) have increased recently in the United States; possible explanations include expanded HIV testing or increased HIV transmission.
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Hospitals and their emergency departments (EDs) miss repeated opportunities to identify people who are infected with HIV but do not know their status, according to new research by Michael Mugavero, MD, associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine.
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Infection preventionists who want to keep their programs in compliance should be well aware that when emergency responders transport an incoming patient who is later found to have a potentially life-threatening disease, they need to receive prompt notification from the hospital about the exposure risk.
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As patients have moved, infections have moved with them. Accordingly, there is a surge of interest and research funding to implement and improve infection prevention beyond the hospital.