Chris | December 29, 2010
Yesterday I wrote a scenario having to do with a new Infection Control designee and some of the typical confusion surrounding abnormal culture reports, what they mean, and what to do with the information. Here are a few suggestions:
When you see a questionable culture report the first thing to do is a thorough assessment of the patient.
You [...]
Chris | December 28, 2010
One of the more anxiety producing situations in Long-term Care is how to treat a specific organism. The scenario may begin like this:
Somehow, the DON has chosen you to be this week’s newly appointed Staff Developer/Infection Control Nurse; you, with virtually no experience in the field are summoned to station #1, where you are told that a report [...]
Chris | December 12, 2010
Scabies Is the little mite that burrows just under the skin where it hatches more of its kind and sometimes leaves evidence of its presence in the form of trails of waste.
The very mention of the word incites the manifestation of a psychological phenomenon causing everyone and anyone who hears the name to immediately begin [...]