Search results for "Infectious Disease"
Contesting contact precautions
The debate over best practice may leave hospitalists wondering in which camp they and their hospitals belong.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/contact-precautions.htm
15 Apr 2014
C. difficile recurrence risk reduced with bezlotoxumab versus placebo, industry study finds
The number needed to treat to prevent one C. difficile recurrence was 10 in the overall patient population and 6 in patients age 65 years and over and those with previous infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/01/2.htm
1 Feb 2017
Getting with the C. difficile guidelines
Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Ohio improved C. diff treatment by instituting a formal stewardship initiative.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/success.htm
15 Apr 2014
Letter from the editor
Overprescribing of antibiotics is often cited as a chief culprit behind the rising threat of “superbugâ€ï¿½ infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/editor.htm
15 Jan 2009
Be picky about PICCs
Use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) is increasingly common in hospitals, in part because they are easy to use and there is a perception that they carry less risk of infection. But PICCs shouldn't necessarily be the default line for venous access.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/coverstory.htm
15 Sep 2013
Do your clothes matter?
Some believe clothes can influence how a patient feels about a physician, while others believe communication style has far more sway.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/attire.htm
15 Aug 2013
Training meets pandemic
Academic medicine adapted rapidly to COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/training-meets-pandemic.htm
15 Aug 2020
Bundled fee system can work
A reader responds to our cover story on bundled payments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/lte.htm
15 Mar 2010
New guidelines for hospitals' antibiotic stewardship programs
The guidelines include 28 recommendations from an expert panel convened by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/20/1.htm
20 Apr 2016
Interns' days, patients' hands
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2019