Month: September 1995

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Nosocomial outbreak of Candida albicans sternal wound infections following cardiac surgery traced to a scrub nurse

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From August 1988 through October 1989, 15 patients at 1 hospital developed Candida albicans sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery. An investigation found that case-patients were more likely than cardiac surgery patients without sternal wound infections to have surgeries lasting 165 min (11/15 vs.… Read more

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Tuberculosis infection-control practices in United States emergency departments

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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency with which patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) or TB risk factors present to US emergency departments and to describe current ED TB infection-control facilities and practices.

DESIGN: Mailed survey of a sample of EDs in US acute care facilities.… Read more