American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

In this blog, we’ll delve into the best practices that healthcare organizations can adopt to achieve and uphold OSHA compliance. In healthcare settings, a key concern is the risk of exposure to infectious diseases. Hence, risk assessments must evaluate infection control practices. Click here.

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PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Fever in the ICU: Guideline Update The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued an interim update to their 2008 recommendations for the management of fever in the ICU. PulmCCM is not affiliated with SCCM or IDSA.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The Employees Returning to Work Infection Control Compliance (ICC) course is designed to educate employees on how to protect themselves and others and mitigate community transmission of infectious diseases. They reduce the spread of infectious diseases in the workplace. ICC training sets industry standards.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Tonsillitis – Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice US [Internet]. Med J Aust. 2021 Mar;214(5):220–7. Am Fam Physician.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. Food and Drug Administration Approval of Artesunate for Severe Malaria: Enough to Achieve Best Practice? PMID: 36209409 Comelli A, Guarner ME, Tomasoni LR, Zamboni AF, Pavo BM, Zanotti P, Caligaris S, Matteeli A, Soriano-Arandes A, Castelli F. Clin Microbiol Rev.

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Mind The Bleep

DECEMBER 16, 2023

References TravelHealthPro [link] BMJ Best Practice [link] UK national guidelines: [link] Written by: Dr Hermaleigh Townsley – IMT2 Infectious Diseases Reviewed by: Dr Hugh Adler ID/MM – SpR

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EMDocs

MAY 29, 2023

Best practices advise not to routinely order an ESR to evaluate for inflammation in an undifferentiated patient and to instead order a CRP when evaluating for acute inflammation (4). The Open Infectious Disease Journal. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 15;61(6):e26-46. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ482. 16) Buensalido JAL, Reyes MP.

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