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Ebola outbreak holds lessons for world health community

U.S. physicians who traveled to Africa to combat Ebola there brought home lessons for the world health community.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/06/ebola.htm
1 Jun 2015

Is it time to forgo the handshake?

With hand hygiene compliance rates so low in health care facilities, some are advocating for physicians to avoid shaking hands and considering other ways of greeting patients. Not everyone agrees.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/03/hand-hygiene.htm
1 Mar 2015

Commentary discusses conventional medical centers and Ebola; Ebola resources available

Conventional U.S. medical centers may be unprepared and ill equipped to manage Ebola, and a national network of specialized containment and treatment facilities may be needed to reduce the virus' spread, according to a commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/21/2.htm
21 Oct 2014

Hand hygiene recommendations released

Several professional societies, including the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, recently released recommendations on preventing health care-associated infections through hand hygiene.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/22/5.htm
22 Jul 2014

Recommendations on health care attire attempt to balance risk of cross-transmission with professional appearance

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America recently issued recommendations on attire for health care personnel who work in non-operating-room settings.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/28/5.htm
28 Jan 2014

Telemonitoring for COPD may not affect exacerbation readmissions, quality of life

Telemonitoring in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients at high risk for exacerbations did not affect hospital readmissions or improve quality of life, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/29/4.htm
29 Oct 2013

C. difficile difficult for outpatient physicians and patients, too

The majority of Clostridium difficile patients come from outside the hospital setting.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/c-diff.htm
1 Oct 2013

Medicaid expansion raises questions, challenges

This issue includes stories on Medicaid expansion in the states, diabetic foot care and addressing Clostridium difficile in the community.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2013

Updated guidelines issued on post-HIV-exposure prophylaxis

Health care workers with any occupational exposure to HIV should immediately use a post-exposure prophylaxis regimen comprising three or more antiretroviral drugs, according to updated guidelines from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/13/5.htm
13 Aug 2013

Mobile devices offer advantages, challenges

Internists are piecing together technology to improve their practice management, but too many pieces are more of a puzzle than a picture. All the new devices ultimately need to lead to better care, the experts urge.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/04/technology.htm
1 Apr 2012

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