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Teamwork, communication reduce SSIs in heart patients
6/15/2001
The use of a quality improvement team to monitor infection control practices and infection rates significantly reduced surgical site infections...
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Treatment success with gatifloxacin for CAP leads to reduced hospital costs
6/8/2001
Gatifloxacin therapy in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) significantly reduced hospital costs compared with the "standard" regimen...
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Hospital replaces all surgical instruments after contamination
6/1/2001
Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ont., is replacing its entire inventory of about 20,000 surgical instruments...
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Study: Wait for preantibiotic culture results before ordering additional cultures
5/25/2001
In patients who are already receiving antibiotics, repeat or follow-up blood cultures performed during the first 72 hours...
