Thursday, May 30, 2013

Disinfecting All ICU Patients More Effective Than Testing/Targeting Only Carriers

Intensive-Care Patients Need Treatment To Stop Deadly Bug by Michelle Fay Cortez.  Bloomberg.  May 30, 2013.

Read the above article and test and improve your retention by taking the following quiz.  You might want to read the quiz before reading the article to focus your attention.  Motivated reading is the best reading.

(1)  According to the research recounted here, testing and targeting for a superbug is __________
as _______________ all intensive-care patients.

(2)  Bathing every patient with ______________ and using a _______________ for five days to kill reservoirs in _________ reduced infection rates ________ percent.

(3)  This research answers one long-debated question which is _________________________.

(4)  What action by the U.S. government has increased the importance of infection control?

(5)  Each MRSA infection can boost costs by $_________________.

(6)  This study was carried out at _______ hospitals which account for about ______ percent of all inpatient care in the U.S.

(7)  One expert cited in the article said the findings should result in repeal of ________________.

(8)  The practice advocated here would curb the practice of patient ________ which is viewed as "unfriendly."

(9)  A possible danger of using universal use of mipirocin is _____________________.





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