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The Joint Commission's new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on preventing indwelling catheter-associated urinary tract infections which emphasizes prompt removal of unnecessary devices and surveillance for CAUTIs is effective January 1, 2012 for hospitals.
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With the increasing reliance on computer tools and electronic records, infection preventionists may reasonably assume patients flagged for isolation on admission end up under the appropriate precautions.
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The elements of performance for the CAUTI prevention safety goal are as follows:
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This study was conducted at the largest children's hospital in Taiwan. All pneumococcal isolates recovered from sterile sites from children hospitalized at this institution were maintained frozen at -20° C since 2000.
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Hollywood movies have always created their own reality. Meanwhile, the rest of us slog through the conventional reality of our daily lives.
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In early October, 12 inmates from the Utah State Correctional Facility became acutely ill with nausea, vomiting, facial paralysis, and visual blurring.
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A 1-month prevalence study was done in 2009 at 25 of the 56 contributing hospitals participating in the Chicago Health Alert Network.
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In this issue: Medication poisonings in children; rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin for atherosclerosis; saw palmetto for prostate symptoms; using atypical antipsychotics for off-label indications in adults; and FDA actions.
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While a number of antiretroviral agents have been implicated in contributing to both insulin resistance and lipid abnormalities, HIV also directly causes metabolic disturbances.
