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With the escalating threat of biological warfare against the United States, hospitals must be prepared to treat victims of such attacks while protecting employees and patients.
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The demographics of our foreign-born population have undergone a polar shift during the past 50 years. Europeans once made up the majority of new arrivals, but Asians and Latin Americans now predominate. Part II of this series will familiarize physicians with some of the infections and diseases specific to immigrants from particular regions of the world.
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Prison systems are a prime intervention point to stop the silent epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV), as millions of people infected with HCV in the United States are in jail or have a history of incarceration.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has clarified its controversial request for data on fatal infections, emphasizing that such outcomes should be reported as sentinel events only if the infection was clearly the cause of death.
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A new, highly transmissible strain of norovirus first associated with outbreaks on cruise ships is now wreaking havoc in long-term care facilities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule outlining new labeling regulations designed to help reduce the development of drug-resistant bacterial strains.
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Prison systems are a prime intervention point to stop the silent epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV), as millions of people infected with HCV in the United States are in jail or have a history of incarceration.
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Bronchiolitis is an acute lower respiratory tract infection caused by a virus, resulting in small airway obstruction. Although some classic symptomswheezing, hypoxia, and hyperinflationtypically are associated with bronchiolitis, many young infants may not have wheezing as part of their initial presentation.
