Nurse Practitioners No More Likely Than Doctors to Prescribe Inappropriately
Nurse practitioners overrepresented among clinicians with the highest and lowest rates of inappropriate prescribing
IDSA: A. Baumannii, C. Auris Common for Recipients of Mechanical Ventilation
A. baumannii, CRAB, C. auris colonization more likely among patients in long-term care facilities than acute care hospitals
Hospitals Rarely Include Abortion Information on Their Websites
89.8 percent of websites offering abortion omitted patient instructions for preprocedural or postprocedural care
Pandemic Control Practices Cut Health Care-Acquired Infections
Reduction also seen in nosocomial respiratory viral infections
Universal Decolonization at Nursing Homes Beneficial
Risk for transfer to a hospital due to infection or for any reason lower with universal decolonization versus routine care
IDSA: Intranasal Live-Attenuated COVID-19 Vaccine Induces Response
All participants exceeded twofold increase in spike-specific IgG, with geometric mean fold risk of 19.5 on day 57
Biden Administration Moves to Boost Health Care to the Homeless
Health care can be given to the homeless in the streets and still be reimbursed under a new federal government rule
Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes Could Cut RBC Transfusions
Decrease seen in RBC units per patient after transition from standard- to small-volume tubes
Severity of Flu Season Was High for Children, Teens in 2022 to 2023
Lower proportion of children, teens hospitalized with influenza during 2022 to 2023 season were vaccinated versus previous years
More Than 7 Million Americans Have Gotten the New COVID-19 Vaccines
About 91 percent of Americans ages 12 years and older can now get the vaccines within five miles of home, as 14 million doses have been shipped
