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[This special issue of Same-Day Surgery focuses on the most significant infection control issues facing ambulatory surgery managers. In our cover package, we tell you about a recent pilot study that found infection control practices were lacking, and we share lessons learned. Also in this issue, we tell you about a new guideline from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) regarding the management of providers who are infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV. We let you know how this guideline will impact your day-to-day practice.]
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[Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part series on a new guideline from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) regarding health care providers who are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this issue, we give you an overview of what the guideline did and did not include, which procedures are at greatest risk of transmission to patients, and the recommendations for infected staff. In next month's issue, we discuss how to decide which workers to test and further explain the new guideline.]
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I have met with some interesting people over the past 30 days "interesting" is not always a good thing and the future of health care is starting to gel with some.
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In March 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, setting the wheels in motion for sweeping health care reform. Now that the dust has settled, what are the implications for those who provide reproductive health services, as well as those who receive them?
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The last time your teen-age male patient came to the adolescent clinic, he left with a bag of male condoms. However, when he returns to be tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), he tells you he hasn't used the condoms. Why?
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Sexuality is a normal part of adolescent development. Though sexual behaviors can lead to adverse reproductive health outcomes, most adolescents will become sexually active during their teen-age years, which makes interventions that promote or enhance sexual health in adolescents increasingly important.
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As a clinician who counsels on contraceptive choice, how can you determine if a woman is a likely candidate for the contraceptive vaginal ring (NuvaRing, Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ)? New research suggests that young women who report tampon use are more likely to choose the contraceptive vaginal ring over oral contraceptives as their initial birth control method.
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Trichomoniasis is the most common curable sexually transmitted disease (STD) in young, sexually active women. An estimated 7.4 million new cases occur each year in women and men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
