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Rethinking cellulitis

Flaws in diagnosis, prescribing are common.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/rethinking-cellulitis.htm
15 Feb 2017

Contamination frequently occurs when hospital personnel remove protective gear, study finds

Incorrect techniques were observed in 39.5% of simulations, but contamination occurred even in 30% of properly performed removals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/21/2.htm
21 Oct 2015

Physician gestalt safer but less efficient than prediction models for diagnosing bacteremia

In patients with suspected infection, physicians estimating on their own had fewer false negatives, but two validated prediction models more accurately identified the group of patients who could go without blood cultures because they did not have bacteremia, a Japanese study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/physician-gestalt-safer-but-less-efficient-than-prediction-models-for-diagnosing-bacteremia.htm
9 Nov 2022

Continuous PPI use associated with C. difficile recurrences

Recurrences of Clostridium difficile were significantly more common among patients who continuously took proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) than among those who didn't, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/11/3.htm
11 Mar 2015

Consult an ID doc, save a life?

A study found that patients with certain resistant infections who were seen by an infectious diseases physician had about half the mortality rate of those who were not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/qa-consult-an-id-doc-save-a-life.htm
15 May 2018

Arterial catheters noninferior to venipuncture for blood cultures in critically ill patients

A prospective multicenter study in Japan found that cultures for suspected bloodstream infection had similar contamination rates when obtained via arterial catheters versus venipuncture.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/08/arterial-catheters-noninferior-to-venipuncture-for-blood-cultures-in-critically-ill-patients.htm
8 Feb 2023

Treating HCAP is not a snap

Pop quiz: Do you know the guidelines for treating health care-associated pneumonia? And is your clinical practice in accordance with those guidelines? If the answer to either of those questions is no, you're not alone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/hcap.htm
15 Mar 2010