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NIH Approves Research to Enhance Pandemic Pathogens
“Gain-of-function” research designed to make pathogens deadlier in order to develop treatments and countermeasures has been given a green light by the National Institutes of Health.
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Changing Human Behavior on Antibiotic Stewardship
Infection preventionists are turning to social scientists to better understand why it is so difficult to get people to consistently wash their hands or, in a more recent example, stop them from overprescribing drugs or inappropriately using broad-spectrum antibiotics that will select out resistant organisms.
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Zika Virus: Not Gone, Certainly Not Forgotten
A mosquito bite, typically a mere nuisance, becomes something else entirely when the mosquito carries Zika. It sets off a series of risks and variables that reach their most dire consequence if the virus reaches a human fetus, particularly during the first trimester of pregnancy. -
CDC: At-Risk Flu Patients Should Receive Antivirals
Neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) antiviral medications should be brought to bear early and often to stave off severe and fatal flu infections due to a vaccine mismatch this season, the CDC recommends.
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Severe Flu Season a Call to Action for Infection Preventionists
With public health officials giving clinicians essentially a standing order to administer antivirals to high-risk patients with influenza due to a vaccine mismatch, infection preventionists are stepping up to play critical roles in response to a severe flu season.
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Barcode Medication Errors Reported for Analysis
Pennsylvania healthcare facilities increasingly have reported patient safety events associated with a technology used to prevent medication-administration errors.
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CMS Describes Measures Considered for 2018
CMS has issued a list of 32 measures it is considering for 2018 that could drive quality improvement in various healthcare settings.
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Hospital Satisfaction Data Affected by Noise
Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, CA, publishes its outcomes data every year, reporting improvements in quality along with illustrations of how the hospital addresses deficiencies.
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Hospital Plays to Surgeons’ Competitive Nature to Raise Quality
Outcomes at Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, CA, already were good when quality leaders thought they might improve even more if they posed blinded and coded data on patient-reported outcomes for the surgeons to see how they fared in comparison with their peers.
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PAs Provide More Patient Contact, Reduce LOS, and Maintain Quality
Northwest Hospital, part of LifeBridge Health in Randallstown, MD, can employ nearly two PAs for the cost of a physician, so patients can be seen more frequently. They make up one of several strategies the hospital uses to make the observation unit as efficient as possible.