Going to Seattle for the SHEA/CDC Training Course proved to be very tiring. I flew JetBlue and had no flight delays or mishaps with the exception of a $7 blanket offer and lack of peanut snacks as someone on the plane had a severe nut allergy. I flew on late night flights to and fro, spent […]
New Infection Control Guidelines
I recently attended the SHEA/CDC Training Course in Healthcare Epidemiology in Seattle, WA. It offered hands-on workshops on the fundamental aspects of healthcare epidemiology including epidemic investigation. Not that I now can investigate an outbreak all on my own, but I understand the principles and have a better appreciation of the magnitude of the job […]
IDSA Fellows In-Training Exam Preparation
I’m back on a slow service. It’s so painfully slow I’m chronically tired from lack of work. I know. Too much work and I complain. Not enough work and I complain. At least I have time to read and study. We have the first ever Infectious Diseases In-Training Exam coming up. Sigh! I thought I […]
ID Consults Roster #8
In this month, I saw all of about 15 new consults. Whew! What hard work, smirk. BIODEFENSE none BONE/JOINT Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli foot gangrene/osteomyelitis Avascular necrosis of bilateral femoral heads, not otherwise specified CARDIAC none DERMATOLOGIC Cellulitis, not otherwise specifed Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus cellulitis/abscess with toxin production EYES/ORBITS none FEVER […]
ID Consults Roster #7
In this month, I saw about 60 new consults. SIXTY! I’m rivaling my first month of ID wards. BIODEFENSE none BONE/JOINT Prosthetic knee infection, not otherwise specified Presumed methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic hip infection Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic knee infection Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus prosthetic knee infection Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus C4 – C6 […]