Clinicians used to wonder if there was a role for mindfulness meditation in healthcare. But after the Covid-19 pandemic laid bare the overwhelming need for practical solutions in behavioral health, the question has shifted to what role it can play.
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VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System
A few key topics on the agenda included a review of the pathogens encountered to date, the benefits of Mino-Lok for a CLABSI patient with a mucosal barrier injury, the frequency of unnecessary removal of non-colonized CVCs in suspected CLABSI patients with bacteremia, how to handle patients with multiple catheters (case history), and the path forward for study completion. Currently, the primary treatment for patients who become bacteremic because of the central lines being infected is to treat the patient aggressively with culture-directed antibiotics and to remove the central line which is believed to be the source of the infection and replaced when the patient s status improves. Patients and physicians need an effective and less invasive alternative to catheter exchange which utilizes much of the same set of resources needed to treat Covid-19 patients, especially in the ICU. We have been fortunate to be able to perse