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Clinicians Prescribe Antibiotics for Excessive Duration in Patients With a Diagnosis of Acute Sinusitis
Clinicians inappropriately prescribe antibiotics most often to patients with a diagnosis of acute sinusitis for durations much longer than recommended.
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A Grossly Inadequate Global Response to Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Only 1.5% of all individuals in the world with chronic hepatitis B virus infection are receiving treatment.
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Latent Tuberculosis Treatment With Four Months of Rifampin Compared to Nine Months of Isoniazid
In an open-label trial, adults with latent tuberculosis infection were randomized to either four months of treatment with rifampin or nine months of treatment with isoniazid. The four-month rifampin regimen was non-inferior to nine months of isoniazid for prevention of active tuberculosis. It also was associated with a higher treatment completion rate and superior safety.
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Measles From Coast to Coast: Risks, Costs, and Potential Interventions
It is expensive to respond to and control measles outbreaks in the United States. Primary outbreak prevention should focus on vaccination of travelers and encouragement of routine vaccine acceptance by those who currently are hesitant to have their children vaccinated.
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Empowering Patients to Prompt Hand Hygiene
If the highest calling in the profession is to protect patients, what if they are the ones asking the providers to wash their hands? It has been tried before with mixed results, but researchers in an ongoing study are adding a new feature.
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Key Pieces of a Hospital Water Management Plan
Infection preventionists should familiarize themselves with their facility water systems and work with colleagues in engineering to ensure an outbreak of Legionella is not percolating in pipes.
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Legionella: Be Proactive to Avoid ‘Pain’ of Inspections
Infection preventionists who have put water management programs on the back burner could be in a world of pain if they encounter a case of Legionnaires’ disease — let alone an outbreak. -
Does Your Boss Know All That You Do?
As part of defining your role and knowing when to “stay in your lane,” make sure you are getting credit for all that you do. Doing so will bolster your case if you must say “no” to additional duties. -
Stay in Your Lane Framework
Infection preventionists at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis created a framework to help IPs better determine whether a given issue falls within their role and responsibilities or should be referred to another department. -
Stay in Your Lane: A Framework to Define Your Practice
Infection prevention is a diverse and demanding job, and IPs with a Swiss-knife skill set may understandably be asked by colleagues to take on all manner of problems and projects. Sometimes, the answer must be “no.”