Search results for "Urinary Catheters"
Reminders to remove urinary catheters help reduce infection risk
Simplified index predicts 30-day mortality in PE patients as well as original
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/18/3.htm
18 Aug 2010
August 30, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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February 7, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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Rise in HAIs during the pandemic, guidance on monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19
A new study found significant growth in health care-associated infections (HAIs), especially central line-associated bloodstream infections, during 2020, and the NIH offered advice on prioritization when monoclonal antibodies can't be given to all eligible patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/15/1.htm
15 Sep 2021
Bloodstream infection, hemodialysis associated with worse outcomes in C. auris
Patients with Candida auris bloodstream infections who had higher Pitt bacteremia scores at infection onset or who were receiving hemodialysis were more likely to die, a retrospective cohort study in California and Florida found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/21/bloodstream-infection-hemodialysis-associated-with-worse-outcomes-in-c-auris.htm
21 Aug 2024
Follow-up blood cultures for gram-negative bacilli bacteremia may not be necessary
It took about five follow-up blood cultures to yield one positive result for gram-positive cocci, but about 17 follow-up blood cultures were needed to yield one positive result for gram-negative bacilli.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/02/2.htm
2 Aug 2017
Infectious diseases, hospital organizations update strategies for CAUTI prevention
The recommendations include essential practices for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), which apply to all acute care hospitals, and additional approaches, which should be considered when essential practices have been implemented but infection rates remain high.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/30/infectious-diseases-hospital-organizations-update-strategies-for-cauti-prevention.htm
30 Aug 2023
Novel protocol for urine sampling, testing may have reduced CAUTI rates
Urine sampling and testing aimed at minimizing contamination due to urinary or bladder colonization was associated with a significant reduction in rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) and urinary catheter-days in a pre- and postintervention study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/19/5.htm
19 Aug 2020
Fighting HAIs while fighting a pandemic
Central line-associated bloodstream infections made a comeback last year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/fighting-hais-while-fighting-a-pandemic.htm
15 May 2021
It takes a team to prevent falls
Hospitalists play a key role in making their hospitals' fall prevention efforts more effective and encouraging patient mobility, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/01/it-takes-a-team-to-prevent-falls.htm
1 Jun 2022