American Heart Month February is American Hearth Month, a time to remind Americans to focus on their hearts and encourage them to get their families, friends and communities involved. Despite increases in awareness over the past decades, only about half (56%) of women recognize that heart disease is their number 1 killer.¹ What is American…
“Up to 90% of hospitalized patients can require a PVAD during their stay, however, greater than 60% of PVADs fail due to dislodgement, phlebitis, occlusion, infiltration, or infection.”¹ PVAD infections are so prevalent that the topic “Infections from Peripherally Inserted IV Lines” became number 9 in the ECRI Institute’s 2019 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns.…
The access to, use of, and quality of health care can vary based on socioeconomic status, which can be measured by income, education, and/or occupation.1,2 Socioeconomic factors can be associated with various health outcomes, one of them being surgical site infection (SSI) which affects up to 5% of surgical procedures nationwide.3 However, the association between…
The hectic nature of the holiday season, which brings joy for most, also brings burnout. At the same time, we’re also busy establishing resolutions for the new year (or new decade!), the goals set are likely to fail or be a non-starter once the exhaustion catches up. This is especially true for those working in…