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A 42-year-old man, with up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination, experienced symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in December 2021. Mutation tests suggested a non-Omicron variant. After his recovery, and 24 days after the first positive SARS-CoV-2 test, he had onset of symptomatic infection with the BA.1.1 (Omicron) variant, which was confirmed by whole-genome sequencing.
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COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , Adulto , COVID-19/diagnóstico , Vacunas contra la COVID-19 , Genoma Viral , Humanos , Pennsylvania , SARS-CoV-2/genéticaRESUMEN
In 2017, we surveyed long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania regarding antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. Among 244 responding facilities, 93% had IPC programs and 47% had antimicrobial stewardship programs. There was significant variation in practices across facilities, and a number of program implementation challenges were identified.
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Programas de Optimización del Uso de los Antimicrobianos/organización & administración , Infección Hospitalaria/prevención & control , Instituciones de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Control de Infecciones/métodos , Cuidados a Largo Plazo/estadística & datos numéricos , Antiinfecciosos/uso terapéutico , Humanos , Control de Infecciones/normas , Pennsylvania , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , Encuestas y CuestionariosRESUMEN
The Family Violence Response Team (FVRT) responded to police calls for domestic violence and provided services to victims. Police records were followed for (a) 327 FVRT clients with an index police visit in 1998 and (b) 498 nonconcurrent controls with an index visit in 1997. Except for marriage, no demographic characteristics were associated with batterer recidivism, as measured by police calls. The between-group odds ratio (OR) suggested that FVRT clients experienced a 1.7 (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.2 to 2.5) times greater recidivism rate than controls. Although increased reporting cannot be ruled out, results raise concerns about the effects of domestic violence interventions.
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Relaciones Comunidad-Institución , Violencia Doméstica/prevención & control , Policia , Política Pública , Servicio Social/organización & administración , Adulto , Intervalos de Confianza , Violencia Doméstica/estadística & datos numéricos , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Notificación Obligatoria , Tamizaje Masivo/organización & administración , Oportunidad Relativa , Proyectos Piloto , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud , Estudios Prospectivos , Servicio Social/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
Providing quality health care involves integrating routine inquiry about domestic violence into ongoing clinical practice. This means asking all women patients, and others who may be at risk, about abuse in their lives. Whether or not a woman chooses to use services or leave her partner, our intervention is very important. Some women return to violent partners several times before they feel safe enough to leave, feel they can survive on their own, or can accept that the person they love will not change. Make sure that she has follow-up for her medical problems and appropriate referrals for mental health and substance abuse problems when indicated.