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There has been an overall decline in the amount of opioids prescribed in the United States. But the amount is still extremely high, with the amount of prescribed opioids in 2015 approximately three times higher than the amount in 1999.

The amount of opioids prescribed in the United States peaked in 2010 and then decreased each year through 2015, but remains at high levels and varies from county to county in the U.S.,

Drug overdose deaths increased for the 11th consecutive year in 2010, according to an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings are published today in a research letter, "Pharmaceutical Overdose Deaths, United States

Opium poppy production in Afghanistan has plummeted since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban last year, new UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data reveals.

The purpose of this process and quality improvement activity was to address opportunities identified with cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization requirements for eye devices, and implement a robust and sustainable processing system to support safe

Our healthcare system is comprised of 11 hospitals in the Chicagoland area. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, our academic medical center (AMC) conducted a pilot surveillance program for Candida auris (C. auris), but discontinued during the pandemic

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 79, Issue 4, Page 1414-1425, April 2023.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 80, Issue 4, Page 1335-1354, April 2024.

SARS-CoV-2 infection poses a particularly acute risk to end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. During the first seven months of the pandemic, it is estimated that excess deaths in this population were 8.7-12.9 per 1000 patients1. In a study of ESRD

During viral respiratory pandemics in the twenty-first century, most health care workers have used lightweight disposable filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and should have undergone quantitative fit testing (QNFT) as a part of a dedicated