Keeping staff safe

Keeping cats safe

Nicola Bates has worked in human and veterinary toxicology for 25 years and has been with the Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) since it started. As well as providing emergency advice via the telephone she has written extensively on veterinary toxicology. In addition to service provision, she is involved in training of VPIS staff and veterinary professionals. She is currently the co...

Attachment-keeping NICU Infants Safe

Child maltreatment is a risk for graduates of the newborn intensive care unit (NICU). Infants represent the highest child maltreatment victimization group and parents, particularly mothers, are significantly represented as perpetrators. The challenges of a NICU environment along with the care burdens associated with NICU infants increase child maltreatment risks. Medical providers can reduce th...

Setting safe staff nursing levels

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Keeping patients safe during intrahospital transport.

Keeping patients safe from methadone overdoses.

462 P&T® • August 2011 • Vol. 36 No. 8 one to five hours).1 • The half-life of methadone in an opioid-tolerant patient is approximately 24 hours; its half-life in an opioidnaive patient is approximately 55 hours. Therefore, the duration of effect is extended in opioid-naive patients.2 • Owing to methadone’s long half-life, full analgesic effects might not be attained until after three to five d...