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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Radiopharmaceuticals are medicines containing 1 or several radioactive isotopes, mostly administered parenterally. They are prepared in a radiopharmacy unit and are intended for patients’ administration in Nuclear Medicine Units for diagnostic and

Up to 10 million people could die annually by 2050 due to anti-microbial resistance (AMR), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report launched in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Tuesday, highlighting the need to curtail pollution created by the

The aim of this study was to compare the 2 mouthwash solutions, including chlorhexidine (CHG) and ozonated water (OZW) to reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients on mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU).

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) high-level week occurs once a year and gathers Heads of States, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Chief Executive Officers. Both government and private sector leaders seek to take advantage of the opportunity

Following a 200% increase in the central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) standardized infection ratio in a private teaching hospital between 2019 and 2020, a program with the utilization of a CLABSI Prevention Registered Nurse was

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

External ventricular drain-associated infections are one of the most common complications of external ventricular drain (EVD) catheter placement.1,2 Despite a lack of global statistics for EVD- associated infection rates, these infections are

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that colonizes the gut and is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea among healthcare settings. C. diff infection (CDI) is a clinical diagnosis with laboratory support; there is no laboratory

Catheter Associated Urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are the fifth most common type of healthcare-associated infection (HAI), resulting in increased morbidity/mortality. The most important risk factor for developing a CAUTI is prolonged use of