Infection
Essays

Nurse burnout is a common occurrence. This can exacerbate an ongoing problem that is seen in hospitals, nosocomial infections. Nosocomial infections remain prevalent for patients with extended hospital stays like those…

The case of L.J., a 23-year-old woman with no previous history of UTI, is one that represents a case of lower urinary tract infection. The gram negative rods on the gram stain are one of two types of bacteria classified…

Needs Assessment and Quality Improvement Plan

Hepatitis C virus infection Trends among MSM that attend clinics for sexually transmitted infections: 1995 to 2010

Chlorhexidine to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Healthcare Associated Infections: Critical Analysis

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are characteristically the most prevalent healthcare-associated infection or HAI for short, in critical care place in America. The CDC or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has…

This essay represents a synthesis of four articles reviewing best practice guidelines for eliminating preventable catheter-related bloodstream infections. All four publications rely heavily on research findings to make the case for an evidence-based approach to eliminating these types of infections. The authors also rely on their experience as clinicians staffing ICU, where some of the most dangerous infections occur.

The implementation of more rigorous patient safety measures in neonatal intensive care units can be effective in reducing the incidence of nosocomial infections, but whether these interventions are effective over the long-term has not been extensively studied. This essay discusses an editorial by a NICU staff physician who reviews a recently published study that investigated the long-term efficacy of just such an intervention.

Catheter-associated (CA) bacteriuria is health care infection associated with the wide spreed urinary catheterization in hospitals and long-term care facilities worldwide. Considerable costs, personnel, time are spent…