An interactive voice response system phone call can be just as effective as a personal nurse's phone call for ensuring patients are adequately prepared and arrive for their endoscopy examinations, according to research published in the American Journal of Managed…
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Researchers suggest even with low patient compliance and cloth efficacy issues, preoperatively distributing chlorhexidine bathing cloth kits to orthopedic patients is an economical way to prevent surgical site infections, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy research illustrates the number of Food and Drug Administration reports of adverse events related to drugs have increased significantly in the last 10 years, according to research by the University of Maryland School of…
Hospitals' financial and supply chain executives are placing a greater focus on healthcare IT and patient safety, according to a survey published in the Premier healthcare alliance's March 2011 Economic Outlook analysis.
Spiral enteroscopy, which has been used to evaluate abnormal results following capsule endoscopy, may be only moderately effective in its ability to locate pathology within the small bowel, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
South Dakota hospitals are grappling with increasing shortages of necessary drugs, according to a Rapid City Journal report.
Non-infiltrative anesthetics are safe and effective in treating pain from transrectal prostate biopsy, according to research from the Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation at the University of Foggia in Italy.