Dr. Rodney E. Rohde
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever – An Up “Tick” in 2023
What is CCHF?
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus belonging to the genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae (Kuehnert, 2021). The disease was first described in...
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review of a Broad-Spectrum Problem and Future Needs
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The drivers of antimicrobial resistance are complex and multifaceted, often involving the interplay between lack of medical infrastructure, agriculture, the environment, inadequate surveillance and...
Antibiotic Stewardship: The Role Medical Laboratories Play
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I often refer to antimicrobial resistance as the slow-burning pandemic that continues to spread like a smoldering wildfire – picture a large expanding, ignored...
Coronavirus Article Round Up by Dr. Rodney Rohde
Medical laboratory and public health professionals play an integral role in the healthcare system by not only providing diagnostic services that directly impact therapeutic...
#PublicHealth Matters ALL the time to EVERYONE – Public Health Thank...
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Public Health Thank You Day is November 25, 2019. #PHTYD10 is a time to recognize public health professionals who work tirelessly every day to...
Telling our Story – How #WeSaveLivesEveryday
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April 22-28, 2018 is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (#MLPW) in the United States. This week provides the profession with a unique opportunity to...
Our Darkest Hour: Las Vegas Mass Shooting
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In times of tragedy, people have to band together to work towards one cause. In this article, a medical laboratory professional describes her experiences...
What really happens when I get a #Flu vaccine?
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Seasonal flu is a serious, highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus. In the United States, approximately five to 20 percent of...
Stewards Working to Save Antibiotics: Pharmacy & The Medical Laboratory
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Approximately 1 in 25 patients hospitalized in a U.S. acute care hospital has at least one healthcare–associated infection (HAI), adding up to over 700,000...