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Hospitals
HSS and Rothman Institute/Jefferson University Hospital to Participate in Clinical Trial for Elute’s Antibiotic Loaded Bone Void Filler
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Following Elute, Inc.’s Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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Extremities
24 Centers: Wide Variety in First-Line Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Open Fractures
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A team of researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles wanted to determine the consistency—or…
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Biologics
Why Antibiotic Resistance Is More Worrisome Than Ever
May 14, 2020 / SUSAN BRINK A health crisis is rapidly unfolding worldwide. It causes suffering and death, costs billions…
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Financial
Latest Hospital Injury Penalties Include Crackdown On Antibiotic Resistant Germs
By Jordan Rau – December 21, 2016 The federal government has cut payments to 769 hospitals with high rates of patient…
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Recon
Aggressive campaign to cut unnecessary use of antibiotics helps reduce drug-resistant bacteria
An aggressive campaign to reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics has helped cut the rate of infection with a dangerous…
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Extremities
Intravenous vs. oral antibiotics for osteomyelitis, serious bone infections in children
Children with osteomyelitis (a serious bacterial bone infection) who were discharged from the hospital to complete several weeks of outpatient…
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Recon
Antibiotic cement during primary TKA may not decrease infection rates
Qadir R. J Arthroplasty. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.arth.2014.02.032. Judicious risk-stratified usage of antibiotic cement during primary total knee arthroplasty may not decrease infection…
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