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In this issue: Zolpidem and risk of falls; AVR and anticoagulation; statins in cancer patients; and FDA actions.
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The installation of copper objects and surfaces in patient rooms reduced infections by two major nosocomial pathogens by more than half, suggesting the antimicrobial metal could provide a powerful yet completely passive weapon for prevention.
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Some health care employers are failing to take even the most basic steps to protect against bloodborne pathogen exposures, and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is beginning to take notice.
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With strong evidence emerging that infection control interventions and pristine catheter care could prevent thousands of bloodstream infections annually in hemodialysis settings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging freestanding and hospital-based dialysis centers to adopt its core collaborative measures nationally.
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Whether through high-tech innovation or sheer elbow grease, reducing the bioburden of a host of pathogens in the health care environment is taking on unprecedented importance in infection prevention.
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The use of a dedicated cleaning team to literally wipe out Clostridium difficile in occupied patient rooms lowered infection rates and left 93% of high touch surfaces negative on C. diff cultures, says Curtis Donskey, MD, staff physician at Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an author of the study.
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Camels may play an important role as an intermediate or bridge host for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus.
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While a number of mild cases are likely going unrecognized the bottom of the iceberg if you will the serious MERS infections that are being detected are striking people with underlying medical conditions and killing more than half of them.
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The rapid transmission and high attack rate of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in a hospital dialysis unit in Al-Hufuf, Saudi Arabia raises substantial concerns about the risk of health careassociated transmission of this virus, a team of researchers recently reported.
