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It can be spread in healthcare settings through person-to-person contact, by contamination of the indoor environment, or if patients have contact with contaminated medical devices or equipment. ...
Because I like dealing with people, I like helping, I like healthcare… All these reasons were leading me towards medicine, but, in that case, I would spend little time with the patient. I preferred the contact, to be more involved in their evolution. ...
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men. Every year this diagnosis is made about 900 thousand times, in developed countries the disease affects up to 14% of the entire male population with oncology due to longer life expectancy. We spoke with adult prostate cancer survivors. ...
There has been great interest in monitoring self-administration of methadone, along with the increase in take-home medication from opioid treatment programs (OTPs) which came as part of COVID-19 rules set in March 2020 to minimize patient contact in clinics. Those increased take-homes are increasingly popular among patients. ...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Otezla® (apremilast) have partnered with pop icon and entrepreneur Lance Bass, for the Double Take campaign to empower people to take action when it comes to psoriatic arthritis. As a singer, dancer and entertainer, Bass understands the importance of staying in tune with your body. Through the campaign, he has created ...
Spire Health, the leading provider of remote patient monitoring (RPM) for chronic respiratory disease patients, today announced the results of a real-world study of 1,366 patients at a Virginia-based, multi-provider pulmonary clinic. ...
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, MediPrint™ Ophthalmics, an emerging San Diego-based clinical stage eye care pharmaceutical company focused on helping protect sight, announces enlightening findings from its primary market research with optometrists and ophthalmologists related to contact lens drug delivery and its proprietary pipeline of assets. Key learnings ...
It is a platform where clinical institutions and patient organizations are connected in consortiums with potential collaboration partners and study sponsors to initiate further cooperation. ...
A newly expanded Direct-to-Patient service offering supports decentralized clinical trials to minimize clinical trial length and costs while maximizing patient enrollment and participation rates. The comprehensive offering now includes Clinical Site-to-Patient, Pharmacy-to-Patient and Depot-to-Patient services to ...
As the world responds to this pandemic, we remain committed to supporting you to ensure that the vital work of delivering new therapies to patients continues. At ACIST, we are taking precautions to protect the health and safety of our employees and their families, our customers, patients and communities. ...
The Ellipsys® Vascular Access System enables patients with kidney failure to start dialysis treatment sooner with fewer procedures, complications and interventions compared to surgery, according to several leading physicians who spoke at the recent meeting of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN). Interventional radiologist Jeffrey Hull, M.D., was awarded ...
Another option may be to contact the patient’s church or other civic organization to ask if they would be willing to drive the patient to appointments. ...
Spatial Prevention We all keep our distance when someone is unwell but putting in spatial protections makes complete sense. Limiting contact with patients and surfaces not only limits risk to the individual but prevents microbial migration from one surface to another or – more critically – one part of the hospital to another. Hands free technology ...
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” Systemic fungal infections due to Candida albicans represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocomprimised patients. Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and biofilms from Candida on the surface of medical devices represent significant threats to human health. One form of invasive candidiasis, candidemia, is the fourth most common bloodstream ...
“VRE is often passed from person to person by the contaminated hands of caregivers or by patients directly coming into contact with contaminated surfaces or medical instruments,” reported Susan White, Ph.D., CMC. ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every twenty hospital patients acquires an infection while being treated for another illness. ...
The vast majority of these infected patients, at 68%, were individuals who were 65 years or older. Of these, almost 60% were female patients. ...
The Telegraph reported last week about the risk of infection to hospital patients due to exposure to pillows that may be contaminated with a host of microbial pathogens. ...
These spores can be transferred to patients in hospitals via the hands of healthcare personnel who have touched a contaminated surface or item or by the patients coming in contact with contaminated surfaces. ...