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This Week's Feature Story
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Mapping the Way Toward Better Infection Prevention
In 2007, the CDC updated its guidelines on isolation precautions for preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings. The guidelines broaden the key points of the 1996 recommendations, providing evidence-based strategies for infection control across all healthcare environments, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory care, home care, and hospice. “The scope of infection-prevention extends beyond the traditional hospital setting,” says Tara MacCannell, MS, PhD. “The updated CDC guidelines recognize that infection control practices are required in other settings as well. For that reason, the expanded guidelines now include patients and healthcare personnel in all settings where healthcare is delivered.”
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Emerging Therapies in Hypertension |
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| "Nebivolol should prove useful in treating hypertensive patients because of its wide-ranging efficacy and its favorable side-effect profile." |
| MICHAEL A. WEBER, MD |
Professor of Medicine
Cardiology Division
SUNY Downstate Medical College of Medicine |
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