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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
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Clinical Experience in Critically Ill Patients with MERS-CoV
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Global Health: Infections Still Matter
At the dawn of this century, world leaders signed a Millennium Declaration with the target of reaching eight specific health-related goals by 2015. -
Immunization of Adults Updates
Recommendations for immunization of adults have been updated. -
The Concept of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Is Not Accurate for Predicting Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that the healthcare-associated pneumonia concept was based on low-quality evidence confounded by publication bias and does not accurately identify antibiotic resistant pathogens. -
Joint Commission: Intimidating and disrespectful" behavior poisoning patient safety culture in health care
How many infections occur because no one spoke up? -
Overcoming tribal culture wars to improve patient safety
Improving patient safety cultures in health care requires involvement and action at the local level by leaders committed to replacing a "tribal" mentality with a shared vision of a health care team, says Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.
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Disrespectful behavior also occurs among nurses
A common perception is that a lot of the toxic culture in health care is directed by physicians toward nurses. Surprisingly, nurses appear to observe a hierarchy within their own ranks that may be just as mean spirited, says Elaine Larson, PhD, RN, FAAN, CIC, associate dean for research at the Columbia School of Nursing in New York.
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Antibiotic stewardship as a weapon against C. diff
The critical importance of antibiotic stewardship has been emphasized to save the dwindling efficacy of antibiotics, stave off a post-antibiotic era, and cut costs due to unnecessary drug use in the first few years of such programs.
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Hospital Infection Control & Prevention - Full April 2014 Issue in PDF