A single antibiotic & early discharge in orthopaedic

Antibiotic management and early discharge from hospital: an economic analysis.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate potential costs and savings from implementing an evaluation tool that uses bedside review of antibiotic use and infection management to assess whether patients with infections in acute medical and surgical wards could have their antibiotic regimen changed and be safely managed out of hospital. METHODS The tool was implemented in 30 acute wards in five UK hospital trusts...

Design of an orthopaedic-specific discharge summary

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing orthopaedic procedures experience major changes in function and daily routines upon their return home. Discharge summaries are an important communication tool that may play a role in optimizing a safe transition from hospital. Current care gaps and key elements of an ideal discharge summary specific for orthopaedic population are unknown. We sought to identify the...

Early training in orthopaedic surgery.

Antibiotic stewardship and early discharge from hospital: impact of a structured approach to antimicrobial management.

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of an infection team review of patients receiving antibiotics in six hospitals across the UK and to establish the suitability of these patients for continued care in the community. METHODS An evaluation audit tool was used to assess all patients on antibiotic treatment on acute wards on a given day. Clinical and antibiotic use data were collected by an infectio...

ECR discharge in a single solenoid field

Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion sources nowadays are one of the widespread systems for ion beam production in basic and applied research. One of the main directions for its development is an increase of the extracted beam current, which can be realized by production of plasma with higher density. Significant growth of plasma density in an ECR discharge is possible only with an increase o...