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As the novel H1N1 influenza began to spread last year, emergency department workers were at greater risk of infection than workers in other departments, according to a study at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
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The Joint Commission's longstanding patient safety goal on infection prevention underscores the critical importance of improving hand hygiene compliance by health care providers. Moreover, again in 2010, the Joint Commission urges infection preventionists and their colleagues to foster "a culture of hand hygiene" by monitoring compliance and providing feedback.
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You're probably the first person to see the 12-lead EKG of a patient with a possible ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
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A patient's altered mental status could turn out to be a stroke, but on the other hand, someone with unilateral weakness might end up being a post seizure patient.
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Would your acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patient always receive anticoagulants in the ED? Or does this occur only after the patient is upstairs on the floor? Your answer might impact that patient's outcome.
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ED nurses are seeing increasing numbers of patients injured from weight training, says a new report.
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[Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series on identifying infections at triage. This month, we cover how to notify others so appropriate precautions can be taken. Last month, we gave assessment tips to identify infections at triage.]
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When researchers surveyed 2,461 physicians in various countries about their initial care of severe sepsis, they were surprised to find that only two complied with all of the recommendations of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign.
