Does the use of silver tip catheters in critical care units decrease the incidence of CAUTIS?

Identify a clinical problem in your area of clinical interest (Emergency Room). Discuss a gap in the current research literature that you can identify specific to your clinical problem. Think about variables you will need to investigate to fill the gap in knowledge share with your group. For example (this is just an example), increased […]

What percentage of the S. aureus isolated from burn victims was resistant to ampicillin?

1)Why are burn victims more susceptible to bacterial infections than the average person?       Burn victims tend to be older and less healthy even prior to their burn injury     Burn victims tend to be immobilized and the lack of movement can lead to infection     Treatment for burns includes immuno […]