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A quick check of the charts shows the next patient is a 21-year-old nonsmoking women. If she is a candidate for oral contraceptives (OCs), which one will you choose?
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August 2007 marked the first anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of over-the-counter (OTC) status for the emergency contraceptive Plan B (Barr Pharmaceuticals; Pomona, NY). How has the change affected how family planning clinicians work with emergency contraception (EC)?
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The next patient in your examination room is an 18-year-old female who is seeking effective contraception. She has tried oral contraceptives (OCs), but she hasn't been successful in sticking with the dosing regimen. What options can you offer her?
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When counseling a woman on when to start her first pack of oral contraceptives (OCs), what is your strategy for pill initiation? Most participants in the 2007 Contraceptive Technology Update Contraception Survey say they are using the Quick Start method.
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A year ago, the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was being hailed as a major public health success story.
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In a stark reminder of just how far some hospitals have to go in improving patient safety, The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, DC-based patient safety organization, reports that 87% of the 1,256 hospitals that participated in its annual Hospital Quality and Safety Survey do not have all of the requisite policies in place to prevent many of the most common hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).
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In the annual Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, data are collected from hospitals on their progress toward implementing practices in four categories:
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The recent flooding in America's heartland made lots of headlines, but in the health care facilities of the region much was going on behind the scenes that the public never got to see.
