Critical Care

EHR Software Helps Prevent Patient ICU Delirium
A new electronic health record (EHR) add-on helps implement The ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F), which both individually and collectively can help reduce delirium, improve pain management, and decrease long-term consequences for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients. More...08 Jan 2020





Self-Cleaning Surface Repels Drug-Resistant Bacteria
A new study shows how a flexible plastic wrap that combines a hierarchical wrinkled structure with chemical functionalization can reduce bacterial adhesion, biofilm formation, and the transfer of bacteria through an intermediate surface. More...26 Dec 2019
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