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In what is getting to be a familiar, tragic refrain, the improper use of single-dose vials recently resulted in patients at pain clinics in Arizona and Delaware acquiring serious bacterial infections that were "completely preventable," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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In light of recurrent outbreaks linked to misuse of single-dose medication vials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is emphasizing that medications labeled as "single dose" or "single use" are to be used for only one patient.
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Looking for a quality improvement (QI) project targeting catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs)? Here's one that produced dramatic results, including a 68% decline in the CAUTI rate and a 20% reduction in the use of indwelling urinary catheters.
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This study was a secondary analysis of data from an earlier randomized clinical trial comparing one antibiotic vs two (meropenem alone or meropenem plus ciprofloxacin) as early empiric therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
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In a recent discussion of a clinical case in the New England Journal of Medicine, the authors correctly indicate itraconazole is recommended for all but the most severe cases of disseminated histoplasmosis (when amphotericin B is used).
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This ProMED-mail alert describes the case of a young Rhode Island resident who traveled to Cambodia and Viet Nam, where she was hospitalized with spinal cord compression in December 2011.