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With the commemoration June 27 of National HIV Testing Day came the disturbing news that some 250,000 people in the United States are completely unaware they are carrying the AIDS virus in their bloodstreams.
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Needlesticks a problem some may have thought solved by needle safety devices remains a top concern among nurses.
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With 100,000 infected patients a year leaving hospitals under a sheet, we are way past the day when cultural barriers and awkwardness gave patients pause about reminding health care workers to wash their hands. Indeed, patients and their advocates must remind caregivers to wash their hands with an irritating consistency.
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Even in a nonoutbreak settings, Clostridium difficileassociated disease (CDAD) had a statistically significant negative impact on patient illness and death, and the impact of CDAD persisted beyond hospital discharge, researchers found.
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This active, population-based, surveillance study was conducted by the CDC, in collaboration with state health departments and universities in 10 states participating in the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs)/Emerging Infections Program Network.
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Over the past several years, Japan has been the chief source of measles importation into the United States. A total of 63 cases of measles were imported to the United States from Japan during the past 22 years.
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Reduction of treatment-related toxicities have direct bearing on the decision when to initiate antiretroviral therapy. Clinicians may opt to delay antiretroviral therapy or avoid certain agents because of quality-of-life issues and the risk of treatment-related toxicity.
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In This Issue: Baxter Bioscience has developed a whole-virus, two dose
vaccine against avian flu; warning label now on antipsychotics regarding an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis; vitamin D for men with heart disease on
horizon? A new oral anticoagulant may soon be available for prevention of thrombotic complications of hip or knee surgery; FDA Actions
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As mentioned in the article by Russell et al, a patient was admitted to the hospital in the United Kingdom after a week's febrile respiratory illness; he had previously been in good health. Admission chest radiograph showed many nodules.
