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Antibiotic stewardship as a weapon against C. diff
The critical importance of antibiotic stewardship has been emphasized to save the dwindling efficacy of antibiotics, stave off a post-antibiotic era, and cut costs due to unnecessary drug use in the first few years of such programs.
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Hospital Infection Control & Prevention - Full April 2014 Issue in PDF
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Outbreak of rare etiology leads to oncology clinic
If not for several patients being hospitalized with highly unusual bacterial infections, a recently reported outbreak in a West Virginia outpatient oncology clinic may have gone undetected, an investigator with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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Eli Lilly joins CDC safe injection campaign
A government-private partnership is breathing new life into the One & Only Campaign, as Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand its injection safety program.
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New SSI guidelines: Making perfect the enemy of good?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated guidelines for preventing surgical site infections, focusing on some difficult issues in an exhaustive and largely futile attempt to find conclusive data on various practices. As a result, "no recommendation" is a recurrent theme in the document, which was the work of the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).
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Telemonitoring reduces HF readmissions
At-risk members with heart failure are eligible to participate in UCare's telemonitoring program, which has dramatically reduced inpatient admissions and emergency department visits. -
Cardiac patients get help via text message
Patients who participate in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' text message program attend more rehab sessions than patients who do not participate. -
It takes creativity to help the chronically ill adhere
Chronic diseases are the nation's leading cause of death and most are preventable, but helping people keep them under control is a challenge for the healthcare industry. -
Case Management Advisor - Full April 1, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Pharmacists provide medication guidance
Through Capital District Physicians' Health Plan's medication therapy management program, pharmacists in the community and embedded in large primary care practices work with patients to help them adhere to their treatment plan.