Articles Tagged With: interventions
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VRE and MRSA: Time to Assign Contact Precautions to the Dust Heap of History
In the context of other horizontally implemented, effective infection prevention measures, the use of contact precautions for most patients colonized or infected with MRSA or VRE fails to provide benefit.
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Provider Training May Boost Rates of HPV Vaccination
Results of a recent study indicate a training intervention to aid provider communication about HPV vaccines with teen patients and their parents increased initiation and completion of the vaccine series.
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Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Bundle: Studying How Improved Compliance Might Affect Outcomes
Improved compliance with the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines bundle was associated with a non-statistically significant decrease in the in-hospital mortality of severe sepsis patients.
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Low Back Pain: Evidence for Nonpharmacologic Therapies
Developed for use in the new American College of Physicians guidelines, the authors reviewed evidence regarding non-pharmacologic interventions in treatment of low back pain.