In 2013, the CDC introduced the VAE surveillance definition to address these limitations in the adult populations [7]. These new definitions eliminated the subjectivity and variability associated with diagnosing VAP and broad- ened the range of surveillance to include both infec- tious and non-...
—Appointing Mary Wakefield as senior counselor to implement the changes. Wakefield headed the Health Resources and Services Administration during the Obama administration and also served as the No. 2 administrator at HHS. Wakefield, 68, started Monday. —Altering the agency's organization chart to u...
Patty also encourages the nurses to get involved in the vaccination process. The nurses write down which vaccines are due on the patient’s chart at every visit to remind physicians to discuss vaccines with patients. Nurses also document why patients refuse the HPV vaccine,...