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Donald Wright, MD, MPH, principal deputy assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is chairman of the newly formed HHS Steering Commission for Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections.
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The quote above underscores the importance of infection preventionists building a bond with their clinical laboratory colleagues, an important outreach presumably made somewhat easier when the IP is the laboratorian.
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With the rise of a new Democratic administration and a continuing Congressional majority, there is an increasing perception that the health care system could be subject to new federal regulations.
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Infection preventionists have been drawn into the white-hot national spotlight on health care-associated infections in recent years, sometimes being accused by overzealous patient advocates as being as much a part of the problem as the solution.
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Having proposed federal "hospital report card" legislation while in the U.S. Senate that specifically cites heath care-associated infections (HAIs), President-elect Barack Obama comes into power this month with an unprecedented history of interest and advocacy about infection prevention.
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The hope trial convinced many experts that midlife adults (age ≥ 55 years) with existing vasculopathy (history of CAD, CVD, diabetes and CV risk factors) will have improved outcomes on an ACE inhibitor (ramipril, to be specific).
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A second human papillomavirus (HPV) recombi-nant vaccine has been approved by the FDA.
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It has been known for decades that influenza viruses have a propensity to affect muscle. Muscle aches from mild to severe occur regularly with the acute attack of the virus.
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Patients who adhered to prescribed anti-hypertensive medication experienced a significantly decreased risk of acute cardiovascular events, yet only 6 months after diagnosis, only 8.1% of patients were classified as having high adherence, 40.5% demonstrated intermediate adherence, and 51.4% demonstrated low adherence to prescribed medication regimens.