Articles Tagged With: CDC
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VAP: High costs in more ways than one, says CDC guideline
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CDC bans expensive ritual of routine ventilator breathing circuit changes
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MMWR Update: Be wary of West Nile signs in blood, organ recipients
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Healthcare Infection Prevention - Noncuffed catheters linked to infections
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Lumbar Spinal Surgery Versus Conservative Treatment
Surgery for a herniated lumbar disc with sciatica does not have a better long-term result than conservative therapy. -
Pericardial Fluid Analysis: How Valuable Is It?
The biochemical analysis of pericardial fluid is often done routinely, but there is little data on its value. Thus, these investigators from Israel retrospectively analyzed all pericardiocentesis patients over a 9-year period by chart review and phone calls. -
Full July 2007 Issue in PDF
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What surveyors asked ED nurses about drug storage
Surveyors walking through an ED see medication by a patient's bedside table with no staff in the vicinity. Or a medication is lying in plain sight on a counter by the nurse's station, and visitors have full access to it. -
Don't let emergency patients be harmed by unsafe storage of meds
To control a patient's blood pressure, an ED nurse began an infusion with a bag of dopamine from an automated dispensing cabinet (ADC), but the nurse failed to realize that instead of the usual concentration of 400 mg/250 mL, the bag contained 400 mg/500 mL that had accidentally been stocked there. -
Update on antibiotics for ED pneumonia patients
If your ED has been struggling with The Joint Commission's requirement that antibiotics be given within four hours of presentation for patients diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), you now have some more breathing room.