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Image: Suggested support surface tables of the new algorithm – table A (Photo courtesy of WOCN).

New Surface Selection Algorithm Helps Prevent Pressure Ulcers

A new study presents a consensus algorithm that takes the guesswork out of choosing a bed surface to help treat and prevent pressure ulcers.  More...
21 Apr 2015
Image: Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Escherichia coli, rod-shaped bacteria, which were grown in a culture (Photo courtesy of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).

Alternating Antibiotics Eliminate Drug-Resistant Bacteria

A new technique has been pioneered to help combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause debilitating and often life-threatening human illness.   More...
20 Apr 2015
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Innovative Monitor Advances Safety of IV Therapy

An innovative continuous intravenous monitoring device improves patient care by quickly detecting common adverse events, such as infiltration and extravasation.  More...
19 Apr 2015
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Wireless Vital Signs Monitor Improves Patient Safety

A new clinical patient monitor automates collection of vital signs, sharing the data automatically with hospital and physician electronic medical record systems.   More...
15 Apr 2015
Image: Ronald Cohen, MD, and Brandon Bond (Photo courtesy of Norbert von der Groeben/ Stanford).

New System Simplifies Emergency Patient Transfers

A new electronic medical record system helps make patient transport to other facilities safer and more efficient in the event of a major crisis, such as an earthquake or power outage.  More...
15 Apr 2015

Dying Patients' Priorities Differ from Those of Their Caregivers'

The value people nearing the end place on various aspects of dying suggest their end-of-life preferences should be elicited directly, as opposed to relying on caregiver input, claims a new study.  More...
14 Apr 2015

Sterile Urine Notion Shown to Be a Myth

A new study has discredited the common belief that normal human urine is sterile.   More...
13 Apr 2015
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