New Sample Pooling Method for COVID-19 Testing
Widespread testing for COVID-19 derives important epidemiological data that can inform strategies on disease monitoring and control.... Read more
COVID-19: Risk Factors for Healthcare Workers
It is estimated that healthcare frontliners, whose work exposes them to patients with the new coronavirus, could account for 10-20% of all... Read more
Is Thermal Disinfection Efficient Against COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought forward the issue of global shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as masks. Much research has... Read more
Guide for Leaders to Read COVID-19 Data
With the sources of COVID-19 data abound, none of those sources is itself completely reliable and each has certain strength and weaknesses.... Read more
Factors Impacting COVID-19 Data Reporting
Up-to-date information on COVID-19 incidence and mortality provides guidance on public health response to the pandemic. New research from the... Read more
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So Why am I Worrying Now? Thoughts from the UK on Pandemic Times
My Dear Readers, Time is flying, and here I am again, sharing my thoughts as a registered nurse working during a very dramatic time. The first half of the year of 2021 is over. If you reflect now, one can not comprehend of what has happened in the world during these last months. It is almost impossible. Where will one start and stop?... Read more
What About Post-Corona?
Is there a time after COVID-19? Do you regularly hear the question of what we will do after COVID-19? Or what should we do? This is a strange question, because there will be no time after Coronavirus. Corona is an endemic virus, that is among us and does not go away. There is also no time after Influenza. Endemic viruses are here. We need to take... Read more
While perioperative care is optimized, patients die unmonitored in wards!
There is a high demand for a comfortable, small and mobile solution for affordable blood pressure and vital sign monitoring in the general ward to improve patient safety and outcome, as mortality after surgery is a thousand times higher than intraoperative death. 1 CNSystems has enhanced its non-invasive CNAP® technology for perioperative... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Liver Fibrosis: Patients Can Be At Risk Of Death Even Without Exhibiting Symptoms
2020 18 Dec
1 in 5 advanced fibrosis patients evolves to cirrhosis in as little as two and a half years. The liver is the largest gland in the human body and, weighing roughly two kilograms, it is the second largest organ after the skin. Its varied functions include supplying the brain with glucose, filtering toxins out of the blood, producing proteins,... Read more
Spotlight On: Sutter Health Fights Pneumonia One Toothbrush at a Time
2020 23 Apr
Pneumonia can be deadly in a hospital setting. Two main factors contribute to the approximately 20 percent mortality rate of this healthcare-associated infection (HAI). First, whatever condition brought the patient to the hospital in the first place has likely weakened them, making the patient more vulnerable to the illness. Plus, the germs that patients... Read more
Spotlight On: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Reduces CLABSI with APSS #2
2020 23 Apr
HAIs are costly both in terms of harm/mortality and cost. Close attention to aseptic practices and monitoring patients can greatly reduce the incidence of these infections. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are the most costly type of hospital-acquired infections, both in terms of morbidity and mortality, and financial... Read more
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US-elastography for superficial organs: update
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What is the future of breast cancer screening?
Αdvances in technology and the advent of precision medicine point... Read more
Setting New Standards in Syncope Management
Syncope is a heterogeneous syndrome with complex underlying mechanisms.... Read more
New Philips Technology to Empower Emergency Departments
Philips innovation in advanced health technology is delivering next generation... Read more
20 Lessons from 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on ICUs and critical... Read more