Search Tag: Infections
Thermal Imaging Tool to Screen Chronic Wounds
2022 05 Dec
Researchers at RMIT University and Bolton Clarke Research Institute have a new innovation – a thermal imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds. In Australia, chronic wounds impact nearly half a million, affecting their quality of life and costing the healthcare system up to around $3 billion annually. While thermal imaging has been considered... Read more
Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Principles to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
2022 14 Oct
Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic principles play a central role in antimicrobial dose-optimisation to combat antimicrobial resistance. In the future, research focused on the integration of preclinical and clinical data is paramount. Antimicrobial Resistance in the ICU The use of antimicrobial drugs in the hospital is very common... Read more
The Accelerate Pheno™ system in clinical practice: fast and accurate turnaround for critical results
2018 01 Jun
Our clinical experiences of using the Accelerate Pheno™ system have greatly benefited patient care, providing earlier diagnostic certainty. Two complex sepsis cases are discussed, where the impact of rapid identification, with antibiotic sensitivities, of the causative organism from blood cultures is described. At Hampshire Hospitals NHS... Read more