Prevention of staphylococcal sepsis in a maternity hospital by means of hexachlorophane. Br Med J. 1960 Jan 30; 1 (5169):315–317. [ PMC free article ] [ PubMed ]Simpson K, Tozer RC, Gillespie WA. Prevention of Staphylococcal Sepsis in a Maternity Hospital by Means of Hexachlorophane. ...
Sepsis (Adobe Stock) While everyone is at risk for sepsis, adults over 65 years of age and children younger than 1 year are more susceptible. To emphasize how important recognizing sepsis is, September is Sepsis Awareness Month in 2022, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC...
Illnesses such as sepsis, renal failure, liver disease, and cancer-related complications increase the need for multiple antibiotics and the placement of central venous access, arterial lines, and dialysis catheters. These patients are often immunocompromised and at higher risk for infections. Since ...
A double blind, randomized, controlled trial was carried out at two hospitals to try the effect of metronidazole, which is effective against most anaerobes, and cefazolin, which is effective against many aerobic organisms, singly and in combination, on the incidence of wound sepsis following ...
Evaluation of an opt-out protocol for antibiotic de-escalation in patients with suspected sepsis: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;76(3):433-442. doi:10.1093/cid/ciac787PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 160. Leone M, Bechis C, Baumstarck K, et ...
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Objective: To conduct a standardised surveillance of infections acquired in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a network of hospitals and to generate reference data for individual hospitals and the Dutch government. dised using a protocol, uniform software and workshops attended by representatives from...
For example, wound infection and secondary sepsis are serious complications of severe burns which remove the skin barrier to microbial entry. Lysozyme, secreted in saliva, tears, milk, sweat, and mucus, and gastric acid have bactericidal properties, and vaginal acid is microbicidal for many agents...
Adults with sepsis and respiratory or circulatory organ dysfunction were enrolled in the emergency department or intensive care unit of 40 US academic hospitals within 36 hours of presentation. Intervention Patients were randomized to 1 g of acetaminophen intravenously every 6 hours or placebo for 5 ...
(in the 40s and 40s) tounimportant in the 70s and 80sto important again in the2000s. Gary cited a report from the American Hospital Association Committee on Infections Within Hospitals from 1974 to prove the point:‘The occurrence of nosocomial infection has not been related to levels of ...