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Healthcare-associated Infections: Year Three (2011) Legislative Update

Kim Delahanty, BSN, PHN, MBA, CIC

A key focus for hospitals is the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). In 2008, SB 1058 (Alquist) was enacted, requiring all acute-care... full article

Read more about: Health Policy, healthcare-associated infections, infectious disease, Managing Your Practice, October 2011 San Diego Physician

Immunizations: Doctors Need to Do More Than Just Give Shots!

Mark H. Sawyer, MD, FAAP

Most agree that immunizations are important. It is worth noting that David Satcher, the surgeon general at the end of the 20th century, declared that... full article

Read more about: Health Policy, immunizations, infectious disease, Managing Your Practice, October 2011 San Diego Physician

Gastroenteritis Caused by Noroviruses (Previously Norwalk Virus): An Update on This Highly Infective Pathogen

Robert E. Peters, PhD, MD

Noroviruses, previously referred to as “Norwalk virus,” are one of the most common, if not the most common, causes of gastroenteritis worldwide... full article

Read more about: infectious disease, Managing Your Practice, Norovirus, October 2011 San Diego Physician

Website Snapshot: Fight the Bite

West Nile virus (WNV) is a disease transmitted to humans, birds, horses, and other animals by infected mosquitoes, which get the disease ... full article

Read more about: infectious disease, Managing Your Practice, October 2011 San Diego Physician, WNV

What’s All the Whoop About? Resurgence of Pertussis in California

Robert E. Peters, PhD, MD

California is in the midst of another infectious disease epidemic. Not a residual H1N1 pandemic influenza threat, but an epidemic caused by Bordetella... full article

Read more about: Health Policy, infectious disease, Managing Your Practice, October 2010 San Diego Physician, Personal Health, pertussis, whooping cough

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