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The FDA has approved a combination of 2 antiretrovirals, abacavir and lamivudine for the treatment of HIV-1 infections.
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A calcium score < 100 eliminates the need for MPS, but patients with a negative MPS often have coronary calcium. These findings imply a potential role for applying CAC screening after MPS among patients manifesting normal MPS.
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A retrospective study of 24,112 patients with coronary heart disease showed increased 30-day mortality in patients who received one or more blood transfusions for anemia compared to comparable patients not transfused.
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Quarantine is depressing and anxiety provoking
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New draft patient isolation guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include the following performance measures.
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Rather than a dreaded, unnecessary task, a new requirement to conduct a root-cause analysis (RCA) for fatal and impairing infections is an idea whose time has come in the new era of patient safety, said Denise Murphy, RN, MPH, CIC, chief of patient safety at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis.
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In an increasingly small infectious-disease world characterized by speed, connectivity, and globalization, infection control professionals are emerging as the critical link between clinical care and public health, said Julie Gerberding, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Despite calls for aggressive action by some epidemiologists, new draft federal guidelines on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) argue against adoption of the most comprehensive methods as the sole approach to this problem.
