December 1, 2009
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Journal Article
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become a major problem in U.S. hospitals already dealing with high levels of hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA). This article suggests that instead of replacing HA-MRSA in the hospital, CA-MRSA is adding to the overall presence of MRSA already found within the hospital population.
March 23, 2012
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Positive Deviance Research Continues to Impact Health Care System
March 8, 2012
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A new report issued by the CDC shows rates of infection with C. diff are at historic highs and must be curtailed.
August 1, 2009
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Journal Article
Implementation of a standardized briefing and debriefing tool in a large regional medical center was a practical and feasible strategy to improve perceptions of interdisciplinary communication and teamwork in the operating room.
June 10, 2011
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Journal Article
Seasonal patterns of antibiotic use show unnecessary prescriptions given to treat flu-like symptoms.
June 1, 2011
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Journal Article
Social scientists describe what worked and why in a successful initiative to reduce central line infections in Michigan ICUs.
January 12, 2012
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Shorter Antibiotic Regimens Might Counter Antibiotic Resistance
April 7, 2009
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Journal Article
A proposed public-private partnership to help the health care community emulate the successes of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team in commercial aviation.
December 19, 2011
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Now that flu season is upon us, more and more Americans will be tweeting about aches and pains and other symptoms that could signal the onset of the flu. Pioneer grantee Philip Polgreen and his colleagues at the University of Iowa in Iowa City sugge ...
November 18, 2011
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Up to one million antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily every year, often for colds and other viral infections that they can’t even cure. This overuse is a serious public health threat because it significantly reduces antibiotics’ effectiveness ...