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In young male cancer survivors with low testosterone levels, testosterone replacement therapy is associated with an improvement in body composition, according to a new study published in PLOS Medicine by Richard Ross of University of Sheffield and colleagues.
Young male cancer survivors have lower testosterone levels than the healthy population, associated with increased trunk fat mass and worse quality of life than matched controls.
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Healio
Prospective audit and feedback is a staple intervention used by antimicrobial stewardship programs, to reduce antimicrobial use and improve patient outcomes. The intensity of the approach can vary. Bradley J. Langford, Pharm.D., an antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist for Public Health Ontario, and colleagues conducted a study at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto to determine the impact of high-intensity prospective audit and feedback compared with a low-intensity version of the strategy.
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DARK Daily
Even compliant clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups are reporting tougher audits and closer scrutiny of the medical lab test claims they submit for payment. This is an unwelcome development at a time when falling lab test prices, narrowing networks and more prior-authorization requirements are already making it tough for labs to get paid for the tests they perform.
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Dissemination and implementation science is underutilized in the field of infectious diseases despite its demonstrated positive impact on clinical practice in other specialties, according to researchers, who described reasons and recommendations for its use. Writing in Clinical Infectious Diseases, Dr. Jason P. Burnham, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and colleagues characterized dissemination and implementation science as seeking “generalizable knowledge about closing the gap between clinical discovery and actual use in routine practice and public health.”
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Infection Control Today
The presence of the fungus Aspergillus has forced the closing of 11 operating rooms at Seattle Children’s Hospital, marking the second such closure in 2019. All 14 of the hospital’s operating rooms will be closed later in the week, said hospital spokeswoman Kathryn Mueller. "On Nov. 10, routine air test results revealed the presence of Aspergillus in the air in three of our operating rooms and two procedural areas," Mueller said.
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The miniiSED™ is the newest addition to the iSED™ family of ESR analyzers from ALCOR Scientific. The miniiSED™ is a single position, fully automated ESR analyzer that works directly from the primary EDTA tube and produces an ESR result in just 15 seconds. The miniiSED™ is the ideal ESR analyzer for small laboratories, POL’s and emergency clinics.
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Futurity
New biosensor technology monitors the fate of stem cells by detecting genetic material involved in turning such cells into brain cells, according to a study.
The technology, which features a unique graphene and gold-based platform and high-tech imaging, may lead to safe stem cell therapies for treating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and other neurological disorders, researchers report.
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Researchers at Columbia University were able to grow fully functional lungs in mouse embryos using transplanted stem cells. The findings suggest that it may be ultimately possible to use the technique to grow human lungs in animals for patients who need transplants and to study new lung treatments.
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Infection Control Today
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to reduce instances of Clostridioides difficile infection by 30% by 2020. With just a couple of months to go, the agency has declared November to be Clostridioides difficile Awareness Month. The disease affects nearly 500,000 people and kills about 15,000 Americans annually, according to the agency.
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Infection Control Today
Acute care hospitals reduced Clostridium difficile infections by 12%, central line-associated bloodstream infections by 9% and catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 8% between 2017 and 2018, according to the "2018 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report" issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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American Medical Technologists
Recommend training for non-lab staff through the Certificate in Point-of-Care Testing. From AMT, specialists in laboratory competencies.
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The Associated Press via WEAR-TV
The Tampa Bay area has been hit especially hard by hepatitis A cases.
The region has led the state in 2019 with 466 new hepatitis A cases in Pasco County, 369 in Pinellas County and 145 in Hillsborough.
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SeraSub® is a synthetic serum for use as a component in preparing standards and controls for in-vitro diagnostic tests.
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Contagion Live
Global vaccination coverage has remained steady at 85% to 86% since 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About two-thirds (129 of 194) of World Health Organization member countries have surpassed the Global Vaccine Action Plan national vaccination coverage goal of 90% by 2020, according to the CDC’s report, "Global Vaccination Coverage, 2018."
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