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The Journal of General Internal Medicine found that 74% of specimens of tape collected in one hospital were colonized by pathogenic bacteria. It was hypothesized that a roll of adhesive tape may become colonized by organisms and contribute to intravascular catheter infections.

Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were on edge as early as March when patients with COVID-19 began to show up in areas of the hospital that were not set aside to care for them.

"The results support the evidence that sending the port reservoir in addition to the catheter tip to the microbiology laboratory may increase the sensitivity and the accuracy of CRBSI diagnosis" Kaya et al (2020).

Most days, Diane Foxen works 12-hour shifts as a nurse caring for sick infants in the neonatal intensive-care unit... When she returns home, her day is far from over – Foxen has kittens to care for.

Jaines Andrades documented her journey from hospital custodian to nurse practitioner in a Facebook post showing all three of her IDs.