OBJECTIVE Ralstonia pickettii has caused contamination of pharmaceutical solutions in many countries, resulting in healthcare infections or outbreak events. We determined the source of the outbreak of R. pickettii bloodstream infection (BSI). METHODS This study was conducted in a 3,000-bed tertiary referral medical center in Taiwan with >8,500 admissions during May 2015. Patients had been treat...

Water scarcity is now one of the major global crises, which has affected many aspects of human health, industrial development and ecosystem stability. To overcome this issue, water desalination has been employed. It is a process to remove salt and other minerals from saline water, and it covers a variety of approaches from traditional distillation to the well-established reverse osmosis. Althou...

BACKGROUND Appropriate fluid therapy affects morbidity and mortality rates. A conclusion is yet to be reached on the role of crystalloids and colloids in immediate fluid therapy. This study was done to determine the suitable solution in immediate resuscitation of patients with hemorrhagic shock caused by tissue trauma. METHODS One hundred trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock, who underwent ...

In most cases of shock reducing morbidity and mortality depends on adequate, appropriate, and timely fluid resuscitation. To develop an effective resuscitation plan the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) must consider several important factors. Currently a wide variety of literature exists on the treatment of patients in need of fluid resuscitation due to shock; however there is limited agree...

Bactericidal activity of ceftazidime is determined by the time that concentrations in tissue and serum are above the MIC for the pathogens during the dosing interval. Thus, the most effective mode of administration of ceftazidime is continuous infusion. However, this agent is light sensitive which may result in instability when administered by this method without protection from light. Until no...