Stewardship intervention linked to more appropriate ER prescribing
A multifaceted intervention implemented in a Japanese emergency department was associated with reduced antibiotic prescribing at discharge and an increase in appropriate prescribing, Japanese researchers reported today in
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
In a before-and-after study conducted at a tertiary-care center in Tokyo, hospital researchers compared the average monthly proportion of appropriate antimicrobial prescriptions at discharge (APD), and the average rate of monthly APD per 1,000 visits, in the year prior to the intervention (January 2016 to December 2016) and the year following the implementation of intervention (October 2018 to September 2019).
The intervention included an educational session about common infectious diseases encountered in the emergency department, an evidence-base pocket treatment guide, antimicrobial order sets, monthly reports on the proportion of appropriate APD, a
January 5, 2021
An adjustment to grazing patterns can provide huge returns, both to farmers and the environment, says ASU documentarian
Editor s note: This story originally appeared in the winter 2021 issue of ASU Thrive magazine.
If there were ways to produce food with improved environmental outcomes, it would be worth doing everything possible, from education to incentives, to help farmers adopt the methods.
That’s the aim of Peter Byck, professor of practice in the College of Global Futures’ School of Sustainability. An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Byck joined the faculty in 2013 after his climate change solutions film “Carbon Nation” caught the school’s attention. With a dual appointment in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, he teaches students to make short documentaries about sustainability.
Older adults without family or friends lag in race to get vaccines
A divide between haves and have-nots is emerging as older adults across the country struggle to get covid-19 vaccines.
Seniors with family members or friends to help them are getting vaccine appointments, even if it takes days to secure them. Those without reliable social supports are missing out.
Elders who can drive or who can get other people to drive them are traveling to locations where vaccines are available, crossing city or county borders to do so. Those without private transportation, are stuck with whatever is available nearby.
editorial@newsandsentinel.com Braiden Myers, 5, shows off his favorite toy during a virtual talent show for residents at the Stonerise Healthcare center in Parkersburg. The show was through the after-school care program at the YMCA of Parkersburg. (Photo Provided) Mya Davis, 7, is reading a book about her favorite creature, sharks, in the YMCA virtual talent show for residents at Stonerise Healthcare. (Photo Provided)
Braiden Myers, 5, shows off his favorite toy during a virtual talent show for residents at the Stonerise Healthcare center in Parkersburg. The show was through the after-school care program at the YMCA of Parkersburg. (Photo Provided)
PARKERSBURG Elementary students in the after-school care program at the YMCA of Parkersburg participated in a virtual talent show for residents at the Stonerise Healthcare nursing center in Parkersburg.
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