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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 10/09/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/10/09/dai…

Mortality, Length of Stay, and Healthcare Costs Associated With Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections Among Elderly Hospitalized Patients in the United States

academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

#elderly #MultidrugResistantBacteria #InfectionPrevention #consequences #StudyReport

Mechanical computing

nature.com/articles/s4158…

#InformationProcessing #MaterialsScience #robotics #MechanicalComputingSystems #ElectronicComputing

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

Today is #WorldSepsisDay

Q: What is #sepsis?
A: Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency. It occurs when a person has an infection, and the body’s response causes injury to its own tissues and organs.
Sepsis affects millions of patients 🌍

bit.ly/2X12EN2

#Sepsis is estimated to kill 1⃣1⃣ million people each year, including almost 3⃣ million young children. It disables millions more.

who.int/news-room/fact…

Anyone with an infection can develop #sepsis, but some people are more at risk than others:

🔸Pregnant women
🔸Newborns
🔸The elderly
🔸People with chronic diseases or immunosuppression
🔸Hospitalized patients

bit.ly/2X12EN2

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

It's #HandHygiene Day!

Nurses, midwives, doctors & other #HealthWorkers hands 🙌 make all the difference for safe patient care & ensure #InfectionPrevention.

#CleanYourHands at the point-of-care when needed using the appropriate technique:
👉 bit.ly/3tfrPa6

It's #HandHygiene day!

#CleanYourHands to save lives:
EVERYONE has a role to play to ensure #InfectionPrevention and help stop the spread of #COVID19.

YES, this includes your 🙌 too!

👉 bit.ly/3tfrPa6

Dear patients and families,
#CleanYourHands to help save lives!

Good #HandHygiene 🙌 is a critical part of #InfectionPrevention. Do your part to keep others safe!

👉 bit.ly/3tfrPa6

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Mike Stevens

@Dr_Mike_Stevens

Hi #MedTwitter!!! I was excited to be involved w/ the #SHEASpring2021 pre-conference workshop that included an eval of the professional use of #twitter. Here are my notes from the session, sharing in case useful; my focus is on providing helpful tips to new(er) users (🧵):

✅ Always be mindful of your reason for using #twitter; keep use +, professional, consider focusing on only a few topical areas important to you. Consider limiting use to only a few times/day and limit total time spent in app (can go down a 🐇 hole)

At conferences (like #SHEASpring2021):

✅ Connecting w/ others during conferences HUGELY valuable & a good way to grow your network
✅ Engage w/ others; don’t just put out content, respond to others’ posts (great way to build network). Don’t forget to use the conference #!

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keep your social distance from me

@murakamiwood

1/30 In two forthcoming pieces, I examine #Japan's response to the #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic. I'll summarize the main non-theoretical points here (long thread alert!).

2/30 #Japan’s figures have always looked good compared to many other countries, which initially led to suspicion that the ‘real’ numbers of #COVID19 #coronavirus infections & death were being played down.

3/30 #Tokyo Metropolitan Government at least has now released full #COVID19 figures, including general death rates, seeming to put this argument to rest (but these figures are also now being challenged). japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/0…

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Dear Pandemic

@DearPandemic

(1/5)
Q: Is #lockdown and all this #InfectionPrevention bad for my immune system? Don’t we need to be exposed to enough colds and bugs to keep our immune systems strong?

A: Great question! This is a tricky concept for sure. Our answer in this thread

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You might have heard of the “hygiene” hypotheses, which suggests that immune-related disorders like allergy and asthma are more common today because of decreased exposure to everyday microbes in our sanitized environment.

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The key point of this hypothesis is “early exposure to a diverse range of “friendly” microbes—not infectious pathogens—is necessary to train the human immune system to react appropriately to stimuli.”
see this @PNASNews article: pnas.org/content/114/7/…

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Harriet Hopf

@HarrietHopfMD

Took me a while, but in response to @AmyPearsonMD tweet of my talk last week @uihealthcare, a thread on ⬆️FiO2 and #SSI.

@scruff888 @DrMikeAziz @MPOGASPIRE @APSForg @woundheal #infectionprevention 1/15

Whether intraoperative high inspired oxygen is beneficial is not a settled question.* This thread explains why I routinely use it unless there is a contraindication. bit.ly/2gexBIz

*The evidence that it is NOT harmful is overwhelming.

Impetus to investigate high-inspired O2 grew out of in vitro, animal, human volunteer, & patient studies (1960s-90s): wound hypoxia associated with⬆️#SSI & peripheral vasoconstriction resulting from SNS activation is common source of wound hypoxia. bit.ly/2H9SlfS
2/15

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

Today is the first ever #WorldPatientSafetyDay.

No one should be harmed in health care.
Yet, every minute, 5 patients die because of unsafe care.
These deaths can be prevented - simple commitment can ensure safe care 🤝
More 👉 bit.ly/2kBTEvh

#PatientSafety

Millions of patients are harmed each year due to unsafe health care worldwide, with 2.6 million deaths every year in low-and middle-income countries alone.

More 👉 bit.ly/2kBTEvh

#WorldPatientSafetyDay
#PatientSafety

@WHOWPRO @WHOSEARO @WHOEMRO @WHO_Europe_DE @WHOAFRO @pahowho 4 out of every 10 patients are harmed during primary and outgoing health care.
The most harmful errors are related to diagnosis, prescription and the use of medicines.

More 👉 bit.ly/2kBTEvh

#WorldPatientSafetyDay
#PatientSafety

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Samantha Quaye

@MrsQuaye

Let's remove barriers so that #PharmacyTechnicians in the UK can be trained to vaccinate, and support attainment of community immunity

Now's the time to produce a training programme & PSDs to support the delivery of this year's flu prevention plan

#vaccines #InfectionPrevention

We need to adopt QI methodology to address this #publichealth concern

The drivers are clear - this is about ⬆️ #patientsafety via #prevention

It should not be about inter-professional competition; there is enough work for everyone

It's important to #vaccinate as many people as possible to protect those who're vulnerable

Although UK flu activity levels were not high last year, impact on 2°care was high due to hospitlisation & ICU admissions

This year looks set to ⬆️ so let's be innovative w/ healthcare WF

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

Today is #HandHygiene Day!
🤲🏻🤲🏿🤲🏼🤲🏾🤲🏽

Hand hygiene is a simple act that can grow into big changes: improving quality of care and leading to #HealthForAll

#HandHygiene and #InfectionPrevention and control matters when it comes to quality health care and saving lives bit.ly/2VYjzea

#InfectionPrevention and control prevents both the spread of #AntibioticResistant organisms and the occurrence of infection and thus, the need for antibiotic use bit.ly/2VYjzea

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