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The nationwide switch to alcohol hand rubs is running afoul of fire marshals who fear the flammable products might accelerate a hospital blaze.
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JCAHO Addresses Issue of Fire, Alcohol Rubs
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The following is an overview of some presentations at the 2003 annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
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Synopsis: Persistence of hepatitis C virus after acute infection is the result of the ability of the viral serine protease to interfere with the production of antiviral proteins, including type 1 interferons.
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Osteopenia in HIV; SARS Creates a Marketing Dream; Baboons & STDs
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A preliminary report from Missouri suggests that enterovirus 68 is responsible for a large outbreak of respiratory disease in children. Typically, there is a rapid onset of respiratory symptoms with wheezing, and intensive care is required for about 15% of affected patients.
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The healthcare system in Liberia has had to go through a complete reboot after every single hospital in the city of Monrovia closed down to be decontaminated with bleach water as a result of Ebola cases landing in emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and medical wards
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Pharyngitis is a very common infection resulting in more than 6 million annual office visits by adults in the United States. The ability to distinguish pharyngitis caused by group A streptococci (GAS) from other etiologies (e.g. viruses) is important because untreated GAS can have serious consequences including peritonsillar abscess and rheumatic fever.
