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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has championed International Infection Prevention Week since 1986. ...
In the report, VRE was said to have caused an estimated 54,500 infections among hospitalized patients and 5,400 estimated deaths in the United States in 2017 alone. Some of the patients listed by CDC as being at high risk for VRE infections include those undergoing complex or prolonged healthcare, such as patients in long-term acute care hospitals or ICUs. ...
These types of active ingredients are essential for fighting bacterial infections, reducing inflammation, and fighting viral infections. Cardiovascular SeriesCD Formulation's Cardiovascular Series focuses on APIs that help maintain heart health and treat cardiovascular disease. ...
The clinical use of this product is expected to enhance bone healing, reduce infection rates, and improve the cosmetic outcome of these procedures for patients while eliminating the need for metal fixation hardware. ...
Potential advantages of the valve include: For nurses: Greater efficiency through avoiding dislodgements and unscheduled IV restarts Less exposure to sharps injuries and potentially infected blood For hospitals: Reduced potential for infiltrations, phlebitis and healthcare-acquired infections Cost savings due to less need to replace ...
” Potential advantages of Linear Health’s Orchid Safety Release Valve include: For patients: Fewer IV restarts including painful needlesticks Reduced potential for more invasive treatment such as central lines due to loss of peripheral IV integrity For nurses: Greater efficiency through avoiding dislodgements and unscheduled IV restarts Less exposure to ...
” The group of New England clinicians described several ways that preventing IV dislodgement could improve clinical quality. Their responses included: Reducing IV restarts Less trauma to patients by reducing restart-related needlesticks Preserving patient veins for subsequent procedures Maintaining IV access in emergency and critical care situations, ...
The patented RPIDD method is going to revolutionize the traditional first line clinical diagnostics for infectious diseases such as blood culture, PCR (etc), and we are convinced that a rapid molecular liquid biopsy based diagnostics approach for infectious diseases will disrupt the current approaches and hence in due course potentially reduce infected ...
This leaves them more vulnerable to wound infections. A New Way to Reduce Wound Infections: microMend To help promote healing and reduce the risk of infection, doctors may close cuts or lacerations with sutures and tissue adhesives or with newer wound closure devices such as microMend. ...
TriMedika – an innovative medical technology manufacturer providing clinical devices for hospitals worldwide – is delighted to be joining the UK Pavilion at MEDICA 2021 (15 – 18 November 2021) to showcase their game-changing thermometer, designed to prevent cross-infection in hospitals. Founded in 2016, TriMedika manufactures the most accurate clinical devices ...
TriMedika, an innovative medical technology manufacturer providing clinical devices for hospitals worldwide – is delighted to be joining the ABHI UK Pavilion at MEDICA 2021 (15 – 18 November 2021) to showcase their game-changing thermometer, designed to prevent cross-infection in hospitals. Founded in 2016, TriMedika manufactures the most accurate clinical devices for hospitals ...
EvoEndo’s mission is to make endoscopies safer for patients by eliminating the need for general anesthesia while reducing the complexity and cost of endoscopy for physicians and hospitals. ...
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Driven by the goals of increasing accuracy, mitigating infection risk and reducing cost, EDGe Surgical is setting a new industry standard. ...
When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, people started to disinfect surfaces and wash their hands more often. During the early days of the pandemic, headlines told us the virus could survive even for days on surfaces and therefore surfaces could be potential sources of infection. Also, health institutions were recommending people to disinfect surfaces to prevent virus transmission. ...
Driven by the goals of increasing accuracy, mitigating infection risk, and reducing cost, EDGe Surgical is setting a new industry standard. ...
“Research shows vaginal hysterectomy provides optimal clinical benefits to patients including reduced pain, recovery time and rates of infection but in most countries the incidence of vaginal hysterectomy is decreasing. ...
As you may know, the United States along with many other countries responded to the coronavirus outbreak by enforcing a lockdown to break the chain of infection and reduce its spread to avoid overwhelming health services. ...
The assay is capable of detecting minute amounts of virus presence, allowing for identification of patients at the early stages of infection and reducing false negative results, an important leverage when working to contain the spread of the virus. ...
Implementation of the technology, aiming to enable “one-stick hospitalization,” is getting the attention of healthcare systems large and small across the U.S. as studies emerge showing significantly and consistently fewer hemolyzed samples in addition to other clinical quality improvements, enhanced patient experience, and reduced infection risks. ...
We need to pass this legislation to reduce the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in humans and animals and preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics for treating disease for future generations. ...