Hospital Antibiogram- A Tool for Safe Antimicrobial Therapy

Development of the “safe sex knowledge and behavior questionnaire”, a tool for use in patients with severe mental illnesses

Background: Patients with severe mental illnesses are more prone to experience sexual health problems. Herein, we developed a "Safe Sex Knowledge and Behavior Questionnaire for Patients with Severe Mental Illnesses"(SSKBQ-SMI). Methods: The present study was conducted in the form of methodological research in 4 stages. In the first stage, items of the questionnaire were selected and the item p...

Hospital Information System, a Tool for Effective Decision Making of Healthcare Managers

Statistics and information are considered the most important source of power in organizations and the source for all managerial activities. If correct and comprehensive information are readily at hand, incorrect decisions will be reduced to a minimum. The purpose of this study is to review the effects of hospital information system in regards to effectiveness of decisions made by managers. The ...

Procalcitonin; appraisal of a useful tool for antimicrobial therapy-a chemical pathologist’s perspective

Procalcitonin is a peptide with 116amino-acid sequence and precursor of the hormone calcitonin. It is an acute phase protein whose plasma level evaluation has found clinical application in the diagnosis of bacterial infections and consequently differentiation from viral infections. It has been shown to possess better diagnostic indices than other potential biomarkers in this regard such as C-re...

assessment of the effect of honey as a topical therapy for intra oral wound healing in rat.

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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Practices at a Veterans Affairs Hospital: Potential for Pharmacist Impact