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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with HIV and other bloodborne pathogens among the wounded during mass casualty events.
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The child with an inborn error of metabolism often cannot be easily identified. Nonspecific symptoms and relative infrequent occurrence make diagnosis difficult and can lead to potential delays in both recognition and treatment.
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The SCIP Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is not just for clinicians. There is a message for patients as well: Know the risks and protect yourself.
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The Minnesota Department of Health has issued guidelines for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that address an issue the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has left unresolved: when to discontinue contact isolation precautions.
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Conceding that there is too much debate and controversy about the practice, the Joint Commission has dropped a proposed requirement in its 2009 patient safety goals to conduct active surveillance cultures (ASC) for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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An increasing number of hospitals are applying an exotic-sounding philosophy to solve an all too ordinary problem: patient infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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One of the leading hospitals in the country has slashed infection rates with an approach called "positive deviance" (PD) that encourages frontline workers to share novel solutions to day-to-day problems.
