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Waterborne Outbreaks Go Beyond Legionella
Legionella is not the only bug in hospital water capable of threatening patients with deadly infections. Hospital Infection Control & Prevention recently talked to two investigators in the CDC’s vaunted Epidemic Intelligence Service. Investigating two separate waterborne outbreaks, these medical detectives offered some sage advice in the form of an observation and a caveat.
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APIC 2017: Amid Change, Hold to Core Values
Amid rapid change and new challenges, it is critical for infection preventionists to preserve their core values, including protecting patients and families, APIC President Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC, said recently in Portland at the annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
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Implementing the CDC Water Management Program
With the recent CMS action1 to begin enforcing Legionella controls in hospitals, infection preventionists can find a wealth of compliance resources in a newly updated CDC Water Management toolkit.2
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: Use caution with a nocturia treatment; an analysis of a cellulitis remedy; and handling influenza patients.
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Sarilumab Injection (Kevzara)
Sarilumab is indicated for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have demonstrated an inadequate response or intolerance to one or more disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.
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Possible Benefit From Pharmaceutical-grade Chondroitin on Knee Osteoarthritis
The authors of a European study found a statistically significant and clinically marginally significant reduction in pain at three and six months in patients taking pharmaceutical-grade chondroitin sulfate for knee osteoarthritis.
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Glucose Self-monitoring May Not Be That Useful
Researchers could not find any statistically significant differences in glycemic control or health-related quality of life between patients who performed glucose self-monitoring compared with those who did not.
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Early Hot Flashes Could Signal Increased Risk for Heart Disease
Women 42-55 years of age who experience hot flashes are more likely to exhibit poor vascular function.
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Is This a Typical Flutter?
Atrial flutter is characterized by a special pattern of regular atrial activity that in adults almost always occurs at a rate of 300/minute (250-350/minute range).
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: the evolution of prostate cancer screening; the limitations of online health information; and treating polycystic ovary syndrome patients.