Infectious Disease
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Updates: Diagnosing TB; VRSA Debuts in Michigan
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Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Full July 15, 2002, Issue in PDF
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Internal Medicine Alert - Full June 29, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Primary Care Reports - Full July 2014 Issue in PDF
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Hyperlipidemia and Management
The recently published ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of hyperlipidemia have elicited considerable controversy, particularly for the movement away from targeting LDL levels and for the perceived raising of the indications for statin therapy. -
APIC 2014: Saudi IPs say MERS is ‘our challenge,’ but tide is turning with aggressive new measures
The wider availability of PCR tests to rapidly detect MERS coronavirus is enabling hospitals in Saudi Arabia to better identify cases and prevent transmission to patients and health care workers, infection preventionists from the Kingdom tell Hospital Infection Control & Prevention. -
AHRQ kit to prevent dialysis infections
About one in six U.S. dialysis patients die annually from an infection and 12% of dialysis patients are hospitalized due to septicemia, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). -
A modest proposal: Ban handshakes in healthcare
The ancient ritual of the handshake evolved in human dynamics in part as a way to instill trust by extending the weaponless hand. Ironically, this act of goodwill could put a frail patients life at risk if pathogens on the hands are exchanged as well as greetings. -
APIC 2014: Infection prevention in the ED
As the front door of the hospital to both patients and pathogens, the emergency department (ED) is a critical setting for infection prevention that has a unique and often poorly understood work culture.