During a pandemic of an airborne infectious disease, the number of patients needing hospital-based healthcare services may exceed available negative-pressure isolation room capacity. To evaluate one ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus from burned patients, the relation between nasal carriage by the staff and exposure to airborne Staph.

MANCHESTER— Specialist atrial fibrillation and heart failure virtual wards are helping to keep patients out of hospital by allowing them to be safely managed at home, it was reported at the British ...

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been rising in the US over the past several years. These precautions include ...

A study of COVID-19 transmission in geriatric acute care wards found healthcare workers in wards with outbreaks of the virus were more likely to transmit new infections than those working in COVID-19 ...

The Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality provides a free, downloadable sample isolation policy. The purpose of the policy is described as the following: “To facilitate patient care for all patients ...