Background Quality improvement collaboratives (QIC) have proliferated internationally, but there is little empirical evidence for their effectiveness. Method We searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL, ...

If a quality improvement is found effective in one setting, would the same effects be found elsewhere? Could the same change be implemented in another setting? These are just two of the ...

Teleflex TFX recently completed its previously announced acquisition of the majority of BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG’s Vascular Intervention business. The acquisition significantly expands the company ...

Deflation is the decline in prices for goods and services that happens when the inflation rate dips below 0%.

Underwriting—financing or guaranteeing—is the process through which an individual or institution takes on financial risk for a fee.

Two positive blood culture bottles filled at the same venipuncture or catheter entry constitute only one positive blood culture. Central line-associated bloodstream infection case definition: A ...

This paper presents the development and validation of a Unified Modeling Language (UML) Activity Diagram for diagnosing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs) based on guidelines ...

"During COVID-19, CLABSI rates rose by more than 50% and CLABSIs were significant contributor to increased mortality. In other words, some of the mortalities were due to CLABSI," said Beyenal. The WSU ...

Frances says that expanded definition played a role in the increase.Rates of autism have exploded in recent decades. Could the clinical definition of autism itself be partly to blame?

Definition: A labour market is the place where workers and employees interact with each other. In the labour market, employers compete to hire the best, and the workers compete for the best satisfying ...