Incorporate Updated Best Practices to Further Reduce Surgical Site Infections

January 2017

You'll see renewed focus on preventing surgical site infections...due to new CDC and World Health Organization guidance.

Rates of surgical site infections (SSIs) are declining...but now CDC is upping the ante by aiming for further reductions by 2020.

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Table of Contents

Infectious Diseases Incorporate Updated Best Practices to Further Reduce Surgical Site Infections
Critical Care Consider Neuromuscular Blockers for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Med Safety Standardize Continuous IV Concentrations to National Recommendations
Opioids Help Patients Safely Continue Their Buprenorphine While in the Hospital
New Drugs Watch For Duplications on Discharge Med Lists With Soliqua and Lantus
New Drugs Keep Different Weight Loss Meds Straight During Transitions of Care
Vaccines Give the Tdap Vaccine During 3rd Trimester Instead of Postpartum
Inhalers Try to Keep Patients on the Same Type of Inhaler Device
Cardiology Limit Dose and Duration of NSAIDs in High-CV-Risk Patients
Pediatrics Continue to Save Systemic Quinolones as a Last Resort in Kids
Dehydration Consider Diluted Apple Juice an Option for Mild Dehydration in Kids