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Faced with an infection threat to immunocompromised patients and an absence of clear public health guidelines, some hospitals are furloughing health care workers who receive the new live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), Hospital Infection Control has learned.
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While the cases remain under investigation, the deaths of some children due to influenza this year may be linked to underlying infections with community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conceded.
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Rift Valley fever (RVF) which can wipe out whole herds of livestock and blind humans may emerge as a new mosquito-borne infection in the United States in the next year or two, a leading government advisor on emerging infections warns.
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Saying the risk of infection outweighs the risk of fire, a national fire marshals association has come out in support of the use of alcohol hand rubs in the health care facilities.
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The FDA has approved the first nasally administered flu vaccine to be marketed in this country. Medimmunes FluMist is also the first influenza vaccine to use live virus.
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Although noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) has become a standard of care for acute-on-chronic ventilatory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the numerous reported studies have left uncertain how the clinician should select patients who should receive this therapy.
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A time lapse of > 4 hours in ICU transfer after the development of 1 or more physiologic threshold criteria was associated with greater mortality, longer hospital length of stay, and higher costs.
