Hot-air hand dryers in multiple men's and women's bathrooms in three basic science
research areas in an academic health center were screened for their deposition on plates of …

A growing number of individuals live with an opioid use disorder (OUD). While many go on
to recover from such disorders, certainly, there will be individuals in palliative care (PC) at …

Background Injection drug use (IDU) can increase mortality and morbidity. Therefore,
identifying IDU early and initiating harm reduction interventions can benefit individuals at …

BACKGROUND Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSIs) are healthcare-
acquired conditions (HACs) associated with high morbidity and mortality. A total of 250,000 …

Highlights The rate of IDU among those who received a VAD placement was 3%. The VAD+
IDU patients had 1.8 times longer mean LOS than VAD-only cohorts. The VAD+ IDU cohort …

The opioid crisis has greatly increased the number of patients who are illegally injecting
drugs while hospitalized for other conditions. Physicians face a difficult decision in these …

Extraintestinal infections are rare with Bacillus cereus and include endocarditis, pneumonia,
and meningoencephalitis. It has been primarily reported in immunosuppressed individuals …

People who use illicit opioids may be at increased risk of fatal overdose during and shortly
after hospital admisisons. This study aims to (a) describe fatal overdoses that occur during …

APPROXIMATELY ONE IN five adults in the US lives with a mental illness. 1 Further,
between 20% and 25% of the country's homeless population has some form of mental …

A unique book on recognition and investigation of criminal poisoning for investigators of all
backgrounds and stages of their careers. Poisons: An Introduction for Forensic Investigators …