Apr. 20, 2022. COVID-19: Animal Hosts of Human
Viral Infections - Andrew Bowman, MS, DVM Dr. Andrew Bowman describes the importance of
animal hosts and how swine-human interfaces have fueled Seasonal
Flu mutations and pandemics over the last century. In addition,
he stresses the importance of county and state fairs as a human
animal interface that has the potential of spreading zoonotic
disease over large areas of our nation, similar to the Wuhan
Animal Market in China. Health Watch USAsm
Meeting.
https://youtu.be/r2RdF2aH2_Y
Mar. 16, 2022. The Dark Side of Science:
Misconduct in Biomedical Research Elizabeth Bik, PhD discusses research
integrity problems in published journals. She discusses examples
of plagiarism, falsification and fabrication. Dr. Bik estimates
research integrity problems affect 5% to 10% of published peer
reviewed scientific papers . In a review of 782 papers which had
integrity problems which were reported 5 years previously to the
publication, journal editors took no action on 65.5%, corrected
26.9%, retracted 7.4% and published an expression of concern in
0.3%, Some integrity problems are the result of an organized
disinformation effort based in China, Russia and Iran, which
generates fake research and manuscripts for those willing to
purchase their services. Methods of distinguishing fake and
flawed research is also discussed. Health Watch USAsm
Meeting. Mar. 16, 2022.
https://youtu.be/jAEe8iVvteU
COVID-19: School Safety and
Mitigation in Massachusetts Amanda Mulcahy, RN describes the COVID-19 mitigation
strategies which have been implemented at her Massachusetts'
school system. These include upgrading ventilation, masks,
social distancing, barriers, outdoor classes, robust testing,
vaccinations and boosters, and symptom monitoring and tracking.
The collection of data was also used to evaluate strategies and
to guide the timing of implementation. Health Watch USAsm
Meeting. Feb.16, 2022.
https://youtu.be/JVYKWhW0ffk
COVID-19 Update in the State of
Florida and Issues Beyond Linda Spaulding, RN, CIC discusses the current state of
COVID-19 in the State of Florida. Topics include, staffing
shortages, worker safety, violence against healthcare workers
and reduced access to healthcare with critical non-COVID
patients. Health Watch USA Meeting. Jan. 20, 2022.
https://youtu.be/ARiwww_NX30
COVID-19: A
Perspective from Healthcare Professionals from Around The World.
On Dec 15, 2021, a meeting of prominent infectious disease
experts from around the world was conducted by Health Watch USAsm.
Authorities from the United States, Singapore, Australia,
Germany, and Peru were in attendance along with a short
narrative update from the United Kingdom. Overall, all nations
are reporting a significant rise in cases due to the Delta
Variant. Omicron is starting to take hold and the United Kingdom
is bracing for an onslaught of patients which may overrun their
healthcare system. Preventative strategies and barriers of the
various countries are presented. Strategies discussed are
masking, testing, travel bans, vaccine passports, natural
immunity, vaccinations and financial disincentives. The United
States, similar to other countries around the world, have little
or no reserve to muster to confront an onslaught of
hospitalizations due to the highly infectious Omicron Variant.
Unless the United States starts to embrace public health advice,
COVID-19 may become a catastrophe both in lives ruined, lost and
in economically breaking dollar costs. Health Watch USA Meeting.
Dec. 15, 2021.
https://youtu.be/QOgZcBPqBEk
COVID-19: Cardiac Manifestations in
the Young and Occupational Health For Front Line Workers. Carol A. Clancy, NP-C, MSN, presents a severe case of
COVID-19 in a young family member who developed severe
myocarditis requiring ECMO but had few pulmonary symptoms. This
case underscores the occupational health risks encountered by
even young frontline workers. The pharmaceutical industry
implemented a robust system to protect their workers, including
weekly COVID-19 testing, access to onsite and home testing as
needed, availability of abundant PPE, upgrading building
ventilation systems, the ability for workers to work from home
(if able), and paid sick leave with presumptive short-term
disability. Many other sectors of the healthcare industry did
not provide this degree of support for frontline workers. Health
Watch USAsm
Meeting. Nov. 17, 2021.
https://youtu.be/sHfaIhc_Owg
COVID-19: Dr. Ed Nardell Discusses
Advantages of UV-C Air Disinfection Using Upper Room Fixtures. Dr. Nardell is professor of medicine, Harvard Medical
School and Harvard School of Public Health, discusses germicidal
UV is the essential technology for disinfecting air in rooms
where transmission is occurring. Dr. Nardell provides
information on the efficacy and safety of UV-C along with
comparing the efficacy of upper room disinfection units to free
standing inbox units and UV-C in central air conditioning and
heating systems. In a pandemic a goal of 20 complete air
exchanges per hour is ideal and upper room UV-C is a cost
efficient and safe way of achieving this goal. In addition, the
use of carbon dioxide monitors to determine rebreathed air
fraction and infection risk is also discussed. Health Watch USAsm
Meeting. Oct. 20, 2021.
https://youtu.be/HAt9b-lxW38
COVID-19: Lessons Learned in Peru:
Dr. Patrick Palmieri from Peru discusses the Peruvian COVID-19
pandemic and Lambda Variant. The effects of the Delta Variant
are uncertain because of an underdeveloped healthcare system and
poor recordkeeping. Similar to what was reported by Dr. Paul
Yonga from Kenya corruption was a major barrier
https://youtu.be/oTOFJiLYa2Q . In Peru's case this involved a
lack of ventilators and oxygen. There also appeared to be a
higher rate of physicians being diagnosed with COVID-19 who are
vaccinated. This observation is compounded by questions of the
efficacy of the vaccine and some healthcare workers giving fake
vaccination shots. Compared to excess death data, the true death
rate in Chile was three-fold higher. The difference was created
by the Government only counting those deaths which had a
positive test in a country with limited testing. This is a
situation similar to India. (Dr. Rodrigeus-Bano from Spain also
discussed this problem in his presentation
https://youtu.be/pWuu10Gg7ro ). There is very little vaccination
hesitancy in Chile. The vaccine rollout was marred by a scandal
of the rich and influential receiving the vaccine first. One
success is the Peruvian program of vaccinating people in their
homes. It is perplexing why vaccines and at home vaccinations
are so controversial in the United States. This type of activity
should be what public health is all about.
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View YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/bd5-vkiEdwU
Reference for Presentation:
1) Cáceres, C. F., Zavaleta, A., & Gonzáles, G. F. (2021). Peru
scandal: Gaps in oversight of COVID vaccine trial. Nature,
592(7856), 685.
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01120-w
2) Dyer O. (2021). Covid-19: Peru's official death toll triples
to become world's highest. BMJ, 373, n1442.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1442
3) Kenyon G. (2021). Vacuna-gate escalates in Peru. The Lancet
(Infectious Diseases), 21(4), 463.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00157-2
4) Mega E. R. (2020). Latin America's embrace of an unproven
COVID treatment is hindering drug trials. Nature, 586(7830),
481–482.
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02958-2
5) Taylor L. (2021). Covid-19: Why Peru suffers from one of the
highest excess death rates in the world. BMJ, 372, n611.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n611
6) Taylor L. (2021). Scandal over COVID vaccine trial at
Peruvian universities prompts outrage. Nature, 592(7853),
174–175.
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00576-0
COVID-19: India In Crisis -- Vineeta Gupta, MD, JD Dr. Vineeta Gupta describes the conditions in India and
the socioeconomic challenges which inhibit the pandemics'
control. The impact of the Delta (B1617.2) Variant on India and
the United States is also discussed. Health Watch USAsm
meeting. June 9, 2021.
https://youtu.be/vsOj76yBH9g
COVID-19: Infection Control in the Ambulatory Care
Setting During a Pandemic. Sonja Rivera Saenz, MPH, Infection
Control Director at Atrius Health, discusses challenges and
strategies regarding the control and prevention of the spread of
COVID-19 in the ambulatory care setting. Health Watch USAsm
Meeting. May 19, 2021.
https://youtu.be/pxiuS3r4eJM
Grief, Morning, Loss and Dying in the Age of COVID-19 Psychologist Alan Cusher discusses the complexity of dealing
with loss and death during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also
discusses the different types of loss which the nation is
dealing with and how COVID-19 has inhibited our ability to copy
and resolve these losses. Health Watch USAsm Meeting.
Apr. 21, 2021.
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https://youtu.be/99hEmPSN5PI
Dr. Henry Hrdlicka, PhD Discusses Long-Hauler
Syndrome. Dr. Henry Hrdlicka from Gaylord
Specialty Healthcare discusses the presentations and
pathophysiology of Long Hauler Syndrome. COVID-19 affects many
organs of the body including lung, kidney, musculoskeletal,
heart, GI and CNS. Anxiety and depression and PTSD are seen in
many patients, it is unclear if these psychological symptoms are
from a primary effect of the virus or a secondary effect from
stress and isolation. Health Watch USAsm
meeting Mar. 17, 2021.
https://youtu.be/aewNqxWm_Ng
Julie Blake-Griffin, RN Discusses Barriers in
Accountability and Patient Safety. Julie Blake-Griffin, RN is a
national patient advocate who tells her personal story and
journey as a patient and nursing advocate. Topics discussed are
institutional accountability and whistleblower retaliation.
Health Watch USAsm meeting Feb. 17, 2021.
https://youtu.be/cy-BADgxfI4
Dr. Regina LaRocque from MGH and Harvard Medical School
discusses the impact of COVID-19 on Massachusetts and the
problems and drivers of vaccine hesitancy.
Health Watch USAsm meeting Jan. 20, 2021. (20:45)
https://youtu.be/5glqLCzcZto
COVID-19 Spread: A Role For Air Disinfection Edward Nardell, MD is a
professor at Harvard Medical School and discusses the safety and
efficacy of upper room Germicidal UV (GUV) fixtures and compares
them to natural, mechanical ventilation and portable room air
cleaners. A historical review is given along with the positive
impact GUV fixtures have had dating back to cleaning air in
schools during the 1942 measles epidemic. These fixtures can
achieve the 6 to 12 complete air exchanges recommended by the
CDC for infectious disease pandemics. Health Watch USAsm
meeting Dec. 16, 2020. (24:14) Video link
https://youtu.be/dAJCI0pcVKY
COVID-19 Down Under: The Australian Experience
Professor Imogen Mitchell, Dean of Medicine at the ANU Medical
School, located in Canberra, Australia. Since March of 2020 she
has been seconded to become the Clinical Director of the ACT
COVID-19 Response. She discusses the COVID-19 Australian
Experience. Although federated, Australia formed a national
cabinet in March to address the pandemic and implemented a
uniform national response. This strategy was advised by the
Australian Health Principal Protection Committee. Political
leaders implemented strategies which were recommended by public
health officials. Strategies of travel bans, fast and hard
lockdowns, contact tracing (even the use of apps in
restaurants), social distancing and use of masks are discussed.
Australia is an example of how public health strategies can
efficiently and effectively control a pandemic. If the United
States did as well, adjusted for population, the USA would only
have 12 to 13 thousand deaths as of Dec. 16, 2020. Health Watch
USAsm meeting Dec. 16, 2020.
https://youtu.be/gtMo4SleRJQ
2020, Nov. 18:
COVID-19: COVID Facility Updates for Public K-12 Schools Ken Wertz Executive Director of the
Massachusetts Facilities Administrators Association discusses
environmental considerations to make facilities safer during the
COVID-19 pandemic. The processes of cleaning, disinfecting and
sanitizing were discussed. The difference between a disinfectant
and sanitizer was illustrated with the shift to students eating
in classrooms. Before the change, a disinfectant was used to
clean classrooms, but after the initiation of this strategy, a
safer product, a sanitizer, needed to be used. In addition,
pandemic strategies involving heating and air conditioning
systems were explained along with the difference between air
quality and air flow reports. The latter being of utmost
importance in a pandemic. Strategies of air filtration and
sanitation using UV Light and bipolar ionization of the air were
also discussed. Health Watch USAsm
meeting Nov. 19, 2020.
https://youtu.be/GvE9LqxzEKM
2020, Nov. 18:
COVID-19: Risks and Solutions For Safe School Systems
Rafael Moure-Eraso, PhD, Massachusetts Teacher Association from
Environmental and Safety Committee discusses the roadblocks
teachers have encountered in their quest for safe schools along
with the importance of proper planning, PPE, social distancing,
air quality, and social distancing. Health Watch USAsm
meeting.
https://youtu.be/tg5GxodZc3c
2020, Aug. 19:
COVID-19 Vaccines Primer Dr. Henry Chambers from USCF discusses the various
types of COVID-19 vaccines along with the approval process,
possible challenge studies and accelerated, warp speed, timeline
with emphasis on efficacy, effectiveness and safety. Health
Watch USA meeting.
https://youtu.be/Dhy7YnfmU48
2020, Mar. 18:
Armando Nahum, a nationally renowned patient advocate
tells his personal story of how he lost his son to a healthcare
acquired infection. He also discusses hospital performance
improvement under CMS's partnership for patient program and the
importance of patient engagement.
https://youtu.be/6bxX_Dy0Stw
2020, Jan. 15:
Jonathan Furman gives a short presentation and update
regarding the dangers of quinolone antibiotics. In Kentucky, on
average, there is greater than one prescription of quinolone
antibiotics per person per year. YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/sU70aIDLWcM
2019, Aug. 21: Dr. Stephanie
Strathdee and Dr. Thomas Patterson present their real
life struggle of Dr. Strathdee to save her husband, Dr.
Patterson's life from a totally antibiotic resistant bacteria,
acinetobacter baumannii. Her search discovered a 100 year old
therapy, bacterial viruses or phages. With the help of the Naval
Research Department, Texas A & M, University of California at
San Diego the treatment was given to her husband who was on the
brink of death. And it worked, placing bacterial phages at the
forefront of medical research to stop the epidemic of drug
resistant bacteria. Now a best selling book "The Perfect
Predator" YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/hTjaG0pi1XM
2019, June 19:
Andrew Jacobs, NYTs reporter on the health and
science desk discusses their investigate report on candida
auris. The need for greater transparency and the implications of
this epidemic. Health Watch USA Meeting. June 19, 2019.
YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/m6u0N7laf2Y
2019, May 8:
Melissa Clarkson, PhD discusses her recent BMJ
commentary regarding the term "Second Victim" and how it is
viewed by patients who have suffered medical harm. Health Watch
USAsm meeting May 8, 2019. YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/XURHky2FRd8
2019, April 17: Reena Duseja MD, MS, Chief Medical Officer
for the Quality Measurement and Value Based Incentives Group,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services discusses CMS's
program of quality metrics to promote healthcare quality and
consumer choice.
https://youtu.be/tOPmdvvEwJY
2018, June 20:
Rosemary Gibson discusses her new book, "China RX: Is
Our Drug Supply Safe?", an investigative report into the
dependence on China for the provision of crucial medications and
the difficulties it creates for FDA oversight and more
importantly for national security. YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/K6sqjBoWMm4
2018, May 23:
John Santa, MD, MPH discusses the research and
patient experiences which support the use of Open Notes, an
initiative to make doctor patient notes readily accessible to
the patient. The initiative was found to create, greater patient
trust, satisfaction and engagement in their medical care.
YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/XBYHxIQPD7o
2018, Apr. 18:
Sarah Robinson, PA. Although there is no existing
test to rule out Sarcoma, if caught early without spread,
Sarcoma is curative. Do say "NO" to your GYN surgeon who offers
you a cosmetic "bikini incision" laproscopic hysterectomy, a
surgery which uses the power morcellator tool to grind your
uterus into smaller pieces removed from "keyhole" incisions.
Your life may depend on it". Health Watch USAsm Meeting April 18,
2018. View YouTube:
https://youtu.be/UGLeYr_dGEI
2018, Mar. 21:
Kevin Kavanagh, MD. Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria - Incidence, Prevelance and
Healthcare Transformation. The presentation
discusses the epidemic of multi-drug resistant organisms and their prevention,
projected economic impact and patient mortality. In-depth discussion is given to
C. Difficile, CRE and MRSA.
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PowerPoint
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/FoBOjMqR7sU
2018, Jan 22:
David Lind, (Founder of the Heartland Health Research Institute)
presents the results of Iowans' views on the reporting and
transparency of medical errors. Health Watch USAsm Meeting - Feb.
21, 2018. View YouTube
https://youtu.be/SuMV6pz7jtg
2017, Sept. 20:
Kim Witczak gives a perspective on medication safety and the FDA
drug and device approval process.
YouTube URL:
https://youtu.be/nhoCIc-J098
2017, July 19:
Matthias Maiwald, MD, discusses research integrity problems with
research on the efficacy of the antiseptic chlorhexidine.
Specific topics relate to incomplete reporting of methodology,
errors in data interpretation, clinical equipoise and bias in
meta-analyses. Specific attention is given to WHO indications
for the surgical antisepsis. YouTube URL:
https://youtu.be/8YDMQjjnn7g
2017, July 19:
Noel Eldridge, (Senior Advisor AHRQ) presents on national trends
of CAUTI infections in the United States during the July 2017 HW
USAsm meeting. "There were statistically significant declines in
observed bladder catheterization frequency and adjusted CAUTI
frequency in some patient populations between 2009 and 2014."
View YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/olZGy1jJ3_Y
2012 Jun. 21:
Joleen Chambers from FiDA (FAILED Implant Device Alliance)
discusses several dangerous medical devices along with the lack
of sufficient testing and post-market follow-up. View
YouTube Video
https://youtu.be/k1tA3H7i3s0
2017 Apr. 20:
Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical
School and Director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative at the
Ariadne Labs for Health Systems Innovation: Presenting on the
wide variation in cesarean section rates across the United
States. YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/EKZw7tP-AKI
2017, Mar. 15:
Gerald Hickson, MD Senior Vice President for Quality, Safety and
Risk Prevention, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs,
Vanderbilt University, presenting on patient complaints and the
early identification of rude surgeons and risks for adverse
events and surgical errors. YouTube URL:
https://youtu.be/c0UqKxO2-Qg
2017, Feb. 15:
Lisa McGiffert from Consumer Union: Hospital
Accountability and Health Department Engagment. YouTube
Video: https://youtu.be/ly4MzrJCvkw
2017, Jan. 18:
Amanda Rusmisell, The Essure Problems Group and Dangers
Associated With the Essure Contraceptive device.
YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/zSVe5MQLTeA
2016, Jul. 20:
Terrie Morgan-Besecker: Investigative Reporter Terrie
Morgan-Besecker discusses the controversy regarding hospital
outpatient facility fees and how they can result in a surprise
doubling of the cost of your medical visit. YouTube
Video https://youtu.be/mfvGz7hGFp4
2016, Jun. 15:
Jim Bailey, MD, MPH: The End of Healing. "Payment has
nothing to do with the quality of results. It is not whether you
kill or cure but how you code the claim. YouTube
Video:
https://youtu.be/sWaRcKIXvUk
2016, Mar 23:
Deena McCollum, RN, presents on the importance of nursing
in assuring healthcare quality by telling the story of the death
of her father and the lapses in care which he received.
YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/gbA5q4vt3P4
2016, Feb. 17:
Eili Klein, MD
from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics &
Policy discusses the epidemiology, economics and preventive
strategies of antibiotic resistant organisms.
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/Wo-OB-d25f0Download Slides
2015, June 17: Jason C.
Pradarelli, MD, MS, Candidate 2016. Perspectives on
Surgery Certification, and Credentialing with the Da Vinci
Robot. University of Michigan, Center for Healthcare Outcomes
and Policy YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/pmyBZvaSZsgView Presentation
2015, May 15: Lawrence F Muscarella,
PhD. Prevention of
Transmission of the ‘Superbug’ Carbapenem-Resistant
Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) during Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. LFM Healthcare Solutions, LLC. View Presentation
2015, Feb. 25: The Bizarre
Business Case for Patient Safety
Michael L. Millenson presents a history of the data
pointing to hospital costs savings which would be achieved by
the promotion of patient safety practices. Despite this
hospitals have been slow to adopt these interventions.
Prevention of adverse events should not be done because it is in
an institution's interest since it is their duty to prevent
them. Michael L. Millenson, is a contributor to Forbes Online
and on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Medical
Quality.
You Tube Video:
http://youtu.be/zitRmkL0IhMDownload Slides
2014, Dec. 17: Reduction of
Surgical Infections with MRSA Screening and Decolonization
James Davis IV, MSN, RN from the Pennsylvania Patient
Safety Authority presents the results of a study demonstrating a
reduction in surgical site infections with MRSA screening and
decolonization using chlorhexidine and mupirocin.
You Tube Video:
http://youtu.be/Fj1lBe87hcsDownload Slides
What Nurses Have Taught Us About Ebola -- Kathy Day, RN Ebola Congressional Testimony
by Deborah Burger, RN
2014, Sept. 17: Jeanine R.
Thomas, founder of the MRSA Survivors Network giving
her presentation on MRSA Surveillance which Health Watch USAsm consulted on
and which she gave at the Sept. 5th, 2014 FDA Staph Workshop.
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Presentation
2014, Aug 20: Alicia Budd MPH
CIC on CMS's Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction
Program.
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2014, June 25: Dr. Hooman
Noorchasm and Dr. Amy Reed on the dangers of Uterine Morcellation(Picture
to the right shows a collage of patients who developed advanced
stage cancer from uterine morcellation. Those with a
ribbon have died.) :
Segment 1: Hooman Noorchashm MD,
PhD on the morcellation disaster: A root cause analysis and
personal perspective.
You Tube Video: http://youtu.be/n6226ic0Mpk
Segment 2: Amy J. Reed MD, PhD on
the morcellation disaster: A physician, patient and mother
of six, gives her personal perspective.
You Tube Video:
http://youtu.be/gIwxfkXGekw
Segment 3:
Dr Noorchashm presents his research and perspective leading
to a plan of action to ban the procedure of morcellation and
revising the 510K medical device approval process.
You Tube Video:
http://youtu.be/Qvg5OXaiEiM
2014, May 21: Dr. Thomas Valuck
from Discern Health, presentation on How
Measurement, Incentives, Information an Integration Are Driving
Change. (Dr. Valuck, has served as Senior Advisor and
Medical Officer at CMS, where he advised senior agency and
Department of Health and Human Services leadership regarding
Medicare payment and quality of care, particularly value-based
purchasing. He also has served as Senior Vice President for
Strategic Partnerships at the National Quality Forum.)
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2014, Mar. 19: Dr. Sumanth
Gandra from the CDDEP on Multidrug Resistant Organisms.
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2014, Feb. 19: Dr. Steve Tower
from Alaska presenting on complications of
Metal-on-Metal implants including heavy metal (Cobalt)
poisoning. --
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2014, Jan. 15: Peter Eisler,
Reporter from USA Today, on the Background of
His Kentucky MRSA Story.
2013, May: Rosemary Gibson,
Author of Medicare Meltdown & Dr Gerald Hickson,
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at
Vanderbilt. Dr. Hickson presented on how patient
complaints can predict physician malpractice risk.
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Rosemary Gibson's Slides
2012,
Jan: Michael Bennett: A perspective
on his Father who died of MRSA, the SHEA 2002 Guidelines and the
Book with Honors his father and gives his perspective on forces
that have sent and changed national policy.
Click on Picture to Enlarge "My Father: An American Story of Courage, Shattered Dreams, and
Enduring Love"
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The pictures on the right and left are photomicrographs of
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).
