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From:Nursing Economics (Vol. 31, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedHospital re-admissions can be costly. In 1 year alone, 20% of Medicare patients re-admitted within 30 days of hospital discharge cost an estimated $17.4 billion. Patients infected with one of three strains of bacteria...
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From:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (Vol. 57, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedByline: Chitra. Juwarkar The main purpose of this review article is to bring up what has been known (practiced) about decontamination, disinfection, and sterilisation of anaesthetic equipment. It also discusses how...
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From:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Vol. 57, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Puneet. Gupta, Suma. Appannanavar, Harsimran. Kaur, Vikas. Gupta, Balvinder. Mohan, Neelam. Taneja Infections caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis, a nonfermenting Gram-negative bacterium, are very rare. Here,...
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From:The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedDear Editor, Nosocomial invasive infections due to Acinetobacter species are gradually increasing in the health care settings especially in intensive care units (ICUs). (1) This retrospective study is designed to...
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From:Journal of Clinical Sciences (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Angshuman. Jana, Arijit. Majumdar, Anirban. Jana, Jayeeta. Mitra, Soumali. Biswas, Babita. Bag, N. Pal Background: Intensive Therapeutic Units (ITUs) are unfortunately the epicenters of hospital acquired...
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From:Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Vivek. Kute, Pankaj. Shah, Manoj. Gumber, Aruna. Vanikar, Hargovind. Trivedi Dear Editor, We read with great interest the report by Chacko et al . [sup][1] The authors reported an interesting experience on...
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From:The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Vol. 14, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important and growing cause of infection in hospital-associated settings and, more recently, in the community, both globally and in Latin America. (1-3)...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedEleanor Hayes is among the panel members for the public inquiry into the outbreak of Clostridium difficile in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust during 2007 and 2008, Ms Hayes is former director of nursing at...
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From:Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy (Vol. 7, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Olaf Burkhardt 1 , Tobias Welte [[dagger]] 2 Keywords : clinical efficacy; moxifloxacin; perspectives; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; respiratory tract infections; safety In the late 1980s...
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From:Design WeekIf, heaven forbid, you should have to visit your Great Aunt Ethel in hospital next year, you may be pleasantly surprised to find your bottom engaging with a Pearson Lloyd chair as you place flowers on a bedside cabinet...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 22, Issue 46) Peer-ReviewedA team of independent experts will assess any ideas or products as part of the Smart Solutions for HCAIs programme. For more information go to www.smartsolutionsforhcai.co.uk...
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From:American Journal of Critical Care (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed* PURPOSE To examine critical care nurses' knowledge about the use of the ventilator bundle to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. * METHOD Published reports were reviewed for current evidence on the use of the...
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From:Women's Health (Vol. 3, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Alessandra Graziottin 1 Keywords: arousal disorders; cancer survivors; desire disorders; dyspareunia; estrogen; hormone therapy; infertility; premature menopause; sexual dysfunction; testosterone...
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From:Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy (Vol. 5, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Julián Andrés Torres 1 , Maria Virginia Villegas 2 , John P Quinn [[dagger]] 3 Keywords : bacterial resistance; carbapenems; Gram-negatives; mechanisms of resistance; tigecycline Much of the data...
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From:Future Microbiology (Vol. 2, Issue 2)Author(s): John RW Govan [[dagger]] 1 , Alan R Brown 2 , Andrew M Jones 3 Keywords: Burkholderia cepacia complex; cross-infection; cystic fibrosis; identification; lung infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa "The...
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From:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (Vol. 40, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Manjula. Mehta, Priya. Dutta, Varsha. Gupta Background: Infection is an important cause of mortality in burns. Rapidly emerging nosocomial pathogens and the problem of multi-drug resistance necessitates...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 19, Issue 31) Peer-ReviewedI want to share with you some of the most recent developments in the drive to reduce healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) and improve cleanliness in hospitals. This is a topic of frequent, and sometimes inaccurate,...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSUMMARY Teamwork is the name of the game in reducing healthcare-associated infections, as one hospital has demonstrated in its orthopaedic unit. Key words Healthcare-associated infection * Surgical site...
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From:AORN Journal (Vol. 79, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedSuction versus standard clearance of smoke plume British Journal of Surgery November 2003 The use of an electrosurgical/diathermy unit or laser during surgical procedures results in a smoke byproduct from the...
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From:Chest (Vol. 122, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedStudy objectives: To develop and validate a patient-based outcome measure to evaluate symptoms in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Design: A psychometric study within an international, prospective,...