nursing

Rapid Flu Tests May Prove Especially Helpful This Season

...ompromising diseases, pregnant women, residents of nursing homes the elderly and health care workers and caregivers. 2. Encourage reasonable hygiene precautions for everyone, including frequent and thorough hand washing. People are also being urged to remain home if they are experiencing flu-like symptoms. 3...

Tight Glycemic Control in the ICU

...lycemia, accuracy of glucose meters, and increased nursing work-load. Clinicians in units with TGC report that with close monitoring symptomatic hypoglycemia is rare, and recommend choosing a glucometer that has the highest correlation with lab values in the euglycemic range to help prevent hypoglycemia. C...

Managing Preanalytical Processes for Patient Safety

...server is updated frequently, allowing the lab and nursing floor to track the location and status of the spec... information, providing collection status from the nursing floor. It will produce management reports that will assess the reduction of collection errors, alth...

Clinical Study Shows Regenecare Relieves Pain and Itching of Skin Rashes Caused by Widely Used Cancer Drugs

...nd management, throughmedical-surgical dealers, to nursing homes, hospitals, and cancerclinics. The statements above, other than statements of historical facts,may be forward-looking. Actual events will be dependent upon anumber of factors and risks including but not limited to changes inplans by the Compan...

An Investigational Study Released at ADA Showed that Initial Combination Therapy with Januvia (sitagliptin) and Metformin Led to Improvement in Markers of Beta Cell Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

...uld be exercised when JANUVIA is administered to a nursing woman. 8.4 Pediatric Use Safety and effectiveness of JANUVIA in pediatric patients have notbeen established. 8.5 Geriatric Use Of the total number of subjects (N=3884) in clinical safety andefficacy studies of JANUVIA, 725 patients were 6...

Late Breaking Data Released at ADA Showed that the Investigational Use of Januvia and Metformin as Initial Combination Therapy Provided Significant Glucose Lowering Efficacy over 54 Weeks in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

...uld be exercised when JANUVIA is administered to a nursing woman. 8.4 Pediatric Use Safety and effectiveness of JANUVIA in pediatric patients have notbeen established. 8.5 Geriatric Use Of the total number of subjects (N=3884) in clinical safety andefficacy studies of JANUVIA, 725 patients were 6...

Neurocrine Biosciences Announces New Research Studies Presented at APSS Reveal Significant Under-Diagnosis of Insomnia

...w survey that found that insomnia was common inthe nursing community, previously announced by Alertness Solutions,were presented at the APSS meeting. The authors concluded that morethan one quarter of nurses surveyed suffered from insomnia. Thesurvey conducted by Dr. Mark Rosekind, founder, president and chi...

Orchestra Therapeutics Announces New Phase II Clinical Data on NeuroVax Demonstrating Marked Expansion of Regulatory T Cell Populations in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

...,OR., includes the schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing andscience and engineering; OHSU Hospital and Doernbecher Children'sHospital; numerous primary care and specialty clinics; multipleresearch institutes; and several outreach and community serviceunits. About Orchestra Therapeutics Orchestra Therapeu...

Promising Results with Epratuzumab and Chemotherapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

...rth America, providing state-of-the-art medicaland nursing care to more than 90% of children with cancer. The multicenter feasibility/phase II study reported by ElizabethRaetz, MD, pediatric oncologist at New York University, New York,was supported by grant CA-98543 from the National Cancer Instituteand the...

Lilly Studies Try to Shed Light on Impact of Race on Lung Cancer Treatment

...elayed clearance ofALIMTA. It is recommended that nursing be discontinued if the mother isbeing treated with ALIMTA. ALIMTA should be administered under the supervision of aqualified physician experienced in the use of antineoplasticagents. Dose adjustments may be necessary in patients with hepaticinsuffi...

Nektar Threraputics Announces Phase 2a Clinical Results Regarding the use of NKTR-061 (Inhaled Amikacin) to Treat Gram-Negative Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Presented at the Annual American Thoracic Society International Conference

...e Facilities In long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, pneumonia isthe first or second most common infection and accounts for 13-48%of all nursing home-associated infections, according to data culledby the CDC. (Source: Guidelines For Preventing ...

Five Days of LEVAQUIN(R) as Effective as 10 Days of Ciprofloxacin in Complicated Urinary Tract Infections and Acute Pyelonephritis

...tients, adolescents (under 18),pregnant women, and nursing mothers have not been established.LEVAQUIN is contraindicated in persons with a history ofhypersensitivity to LEVAQUIN, quinolone antimicrobial agents, orany other components of this product. Serious and occasionallyfatal events, such as hypersensiti...

Data Published in The Lancet Show Gardasil was 100 Percent Effective in Preventing High-Grade Vulvar and Vaginal Lesions Caused by HPV Types 16 and 18

...uld beexercised when GARDASIL is administered to a nursing woman. A total of 995 nursing mothers (vaccine = 500, placebo = 495) weregiven GARDASIL or placebo during the vaccination period o...

New England Journal of Medicine Publishes New Data on Gardasil, Merck's Cervical Cancer Vaccine

...uld beexercised when GARDASIL is administered to a nursing woman. A total of 995 nursing mothers (vaccine = 500, placebo = 495) weregiven GARDASIL or placebo during the vaccination period o...

Alchemia Reports Preliminary Positive Efficacy Data From HyCAMP Phase II Trial

...ank the investigators, study research personneland nursing staff at the 10 clinical sites across Australia wholooked after the welfare of the patients and diligently collectedthe data for analysis in this trial. ENQUIRIES: Dr. Tracie Ramsdale Chief Executive Officer Alchemia Limited Tel: +61-7-...

Prospective Model Outlined Potential Time and Cost Savings of Once-Monthly Anemia Treatment

...lfa, hemodialysis centers may save anestimated 802 nursing hours and more than $44,000 per year per 100patients. These data, from a multi-center prospective analysis ofanemia management in hemodialysis patients, were presented todayduring an oral session at the American Nephrology Nurses'Association (ANNA) 3...

ECOG Phase III Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Trial (E4A03) Reports Lenalidomide Plus Low-Dose Dexamethasone Suggests Survival Advantage for Patients with Multiple Myeloma

.... Because of the potentialfor adverse reactions in nursing infants, a decision should be madewhether to discontinue nursing or the drug, taking into account theimportance of the drug to the mother. ADVERSE REACTIONS: Multi...

Six Important Things to Know About Preventing Hospital Infections

...rs, based on a recent study. 4. Ask the nursing staff questions: Consider that you're an advocate and a member of the health-care team for yourself and your loved one. Inquire if hospital beds, especially intensive-care beds, are elevated at 30 degrees for patients requiring ...