Increasing Importance of Barriers for Protection from Infectious Disease
Abstract
Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major priority for hospital systems around the world. However, adoption of new technologies is often stunted due to...
The Need for Rapid Contagion Screening
Abstract
Some of the most communicable infectious diseases present with fever when they are most contagious.
Diseases like flu, norovirus, Ebola, measles and tuberculosis all pose...
Reduction of HAIs with a Novel Yankauer Storage Solution
Abstract
The Yankauer suction instrument is the most widely used suction instrument in the world. It is used in many medical settings including emergency departments,...
Protecting the Patient: Is it Time to Adopt Best Practices from the Pharmaceutical Industry?
Abstract
Pharmaceutical companies spend an enormous amount of time and resources making sure that their products are safe for the patient. If a sterile drug...
Reducing HAIs: Awareness, Cleaning and Replacement of Cubicle Curtains
Abstract
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) are caused by a variety of pathogens which can often thrive on soft surfaces and are easily spread. This poses a...
Attitudes Toward Utilization Of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets Among Pregnant Women And Care-Takers Of Under-Five
Peer Reviewed
Abstract:
This study determined the attitudes toward utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets among pregnant women and children under-five in the Ikwerre Local Government Area (LGA)...
Would you Tune in to Mosquito Week?
Abstract:
What living thing is most dangerous to humans? Sorry Shark Week, it is not the Great White Shark; it is the mosquito! In fact,...
Reduction of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections by Improving Compliance
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Patients are especially prone to infections of the bloodstream when they are receiving medicines and nutrients through central and peripheral lines. At the Infection...
Personal Protective Equipment Strikethrough: Risk or Rhetoric?
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The CBS investigative news program “60 Minutes” aired a segment called “Strikethrough: A Matter of Life, Death, and Litigation” on Sunday May 1, 2016....
The Changing Face of Sepsis
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There are few infections that can result in death or lifelong impairment in mere hours. Sepsis is caused by an inflammatory response by the...
