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Nov 18, 2012 · Contaminant In Emerson Emergency Room Identified. November 17, 2012 / 7:49 PM EST / CBS Boston CONCORD (CBS) - A patient brought to Emerson Hospital's emergency room appeared to be contaminated ...
contamination on a patient requiring transport to, or care in, a health care facility poses a reasonable risk of exposure to first responders, first receivers, other patients, or contamination of critical infrastructure. 27 ; 1.3 . If the likelihood of adverse consequences from water-based decontamination methods outweighs the likely health outcome
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Emergency department handling and treatment of chemically contaminated patients can have potentially serious consequences. Medical staff can be exposed to hazardous chemicals through dermal contact or inhalation of volatile compounds or particulate matter. Exposure can result in symptomatic illness from either a direct chemical toxic effect or an odor-mediated psychologic response. Either ...
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The blood culture contamination (BCC) rate in the emergency room (ER) has remained greater than 3% despite repeated training on antisepsis techniques at the venipuncture site. The ENA Clinical Practice Guideline: Prevention of Blood Culture Contamination (2016) identified the Steripath (SP) blood culture collection device (Magnolia Medical ...
Jul 5, 2018 · Bernard Heilicser, DO, MS, FACEP, FACOEP-D Medical Director & Medical Manager, IL-TFI USAR We often talk about decontamination as something accomplished prior to a patient arriving at our emergency department. Fortunately, this is usually what occurs. However, in our chaotic and disturbing world, we cannot always rely on this to have been adequately or fully performed, nor
Dec 2, 2015 · Emerging contaminants are chemical substances or compounds characterized by a perceived or veridical threat to the environment or human health with a lack of published health criteria. An “emerging” contaminant may also be identified from an unknown source, a new exposure to humans, or a novel detection approach or technology [1, 2].
Interventions: A staff educational program, blood culture collection checklist with protocol, and monthly collective and individual feedback were implemented. Results: Blood culture contamination rates decreased from 3.39% to 2.6%. Same-site collection rates decreased from 15.13% to 4.14%. Conclusions: The interventions effectively reduced ...
