Search results for "Infectious disease"
COVID-19 in community hospitals
Hospitalists describe the steps they've taken to prepare for the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/covid-19-in-community-hospitals.htm
15 Apr 2020
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
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
CDC reports fourth case of U.S. patient with E. coli harboring colistin resistance gene
The latest isolate of Escherichia coli harboring mcr-1, the gene that confers resistance to polymyxins, was collected in June from a 2-year-old girl in Connecticut.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/21/4.htm
21 Sep 2016
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
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
Most community hospitals experience drug shortages, delay treatment as result
Nearly all community hospitals experienced a shortage of one or more drugs in the first six months of 2011, and most had to delay treatment as a result, a new survey found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/20/1.htm
20 Jul 2011
In the News
Hospitalist-neurosurgery comanagement, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/itn.htm
15 Apr 2011
The chief thing
It starts with someone tapping you on the shoulder and looking from side to side during your second year of residency. “Psst!” they say. “I need to talk to you in confidence.”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/blog.htm
15 Apr 2011