HOSPITAL WASTE: CAN WE REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF A LARGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL?

Can medicines management services reduce hospital admissions?

Reducing avoidable hospital admissions is a priority for the NHS. Medicines account for about 4–6.5 per cent of emergency admissions, 3 and causes related to medicines fall into three broad categories: adverse drug reactions,prescribing errors and poor compliance. In theory it should be possible to reduce the underpinning causes for these three types of problems, but evidence from randomised co...

Hospital-acquired legionnaires disease in a university hospital: impact of the copper-silver ionization system.

We evaluated the impact of the copper-silver ionization system in a hospital where hyperendemic nosocomial legionellosis and was present and all previous disinfection measures had failed. After implementation of the copper-silver ionization system, environmental colonization with Legionella species decreased significantly, and the incidence of nosocomial legionellosis decreased dramatically, fr...

Can we do something in early life to reduce the risk of obesity?

Obesity usually results from a combination of several modifiable and non-modifiable contributing factors, such as genetics, race, and socioeconomic status. Other factors, including birth by cesarean section, perinatal antibiotics usage, and promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for six months, could be potentially prevented or modulated. However, one of the factors can be easily implemented thro...

Hospital Readmissions for COPD: We Can Meet the Challenge.

Can Healthcare Expansion Rapidly Reduce Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest?

S udden, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major health problem that occurs in an estimated 347 322 adults in the United States annually, with an incidence of 140.7 per 100 000 population. With overall survival averaging as low as 8% to 12% in many parts of the country, OHCA results in an estimated 2 million years of potential male lives lost and 1.3 million years of potential female l...