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With low rates of influenza immunization among healthcare workers still more the national rule than the occasional exception, the nation's largest infection prevention group has toughened its mandatory policy and closed some opt-out loopholes.
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Money talks when it comes to infection prevention, particularly if it's coming out of your purse or wallet. That appears to be the lesson thus far of an infection control policy taken to an unusual extreme.
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Although we cannot move away from rates of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) especially in this age of HAI public reporting and transparency health care professionals might need reminding that people are represented in any HAI data calculated, statistically analyzed or distributed.
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A recently reported dramatic national reduction in central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) puts a harsh light on hospitals that have not adopted a "checklist" protocol and other proven measures to fight infections that are both expensive and deadly.
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In compiling national surveillance data on central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made an interesting finding: Reductions in CLABSIs caused by Staphylococcus aureus were more marked than reductions in infections caused by gram-negative rods, such as Candida and Enterococcus.
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This observational study found a large reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections compared to historical controls for surgical ICU patients bathed daily with chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated cloths.
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Early plasmapheresis and high-dose intravenous corticosteroids may be as effective as conventional oral corticosteroid therapy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.
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Physicians may not be able to rely upon their clinical laboratory to accurately report the neutrophil "band count."
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Uric acid as a weak organic acid (pka 5.8) is poorly soluble at physiological pH. It presence in serum is derived both from diet and endogenous biosynthesis, and it is excreted primarily by renal (75%) mechanisms under normal circumstances.
