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Money talks when it comes to infection prevention, particularly if it's coming out of your purse or wallet. That appears to be the lesson thus far of an infection control policy taken to an unusual extreme.
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With low rates of influenza immunization among healthcare workers still more the national rule than the occasional exception, the nation's largest infection prevention group has toughened its mandatory policy and closed some opt-out loopholes.
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A highly successful team approach to preventing blood stream infections shows similar efficacy against ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), which was sharply reduced in more than 100 participating intensive care units.
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In this issue: Escitalopram for menopausal hot flashes, rifaximin for IBS without constipation, herpes zoster vaccination, antiepileptics drugs and fracture risk, and FDA Actions.
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Paragonimiasis is caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus, of which P. westermani is the best described. Humans acquire paragonimiasis primarily by eating undercooked crabs or crayfish infested with the parasite.
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Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by multiple serovars of bacteria in the genus Leptospira that are widely distributed in the tropics, as well as some subtropical and temperate areas.
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Knowledge of the presence of an increased proportion of band neutrophils (neutrophils with non-segmented nuclei) is believed by many clinicians to assist them in the diagnosis and management of some patients with suspected or known infection.
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Admissions to a public tb hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa for treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB from 2003 to 2008 were examined for healthcare workers (HCWs) compared with non-HCWs.
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Only limited data are available regarding the epidemiology of infectious diseases that occur among traveling health-care workers (HCWs) or medical researchers.