Author: Kelly Cawcutt
Going Global for Biopreparedness – International Workshop on High-Level Isolation
Preparedness for outbreaks of infectious diseases is a critical, global issue, and several physicians from the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases and other team members from the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit organized and participated in the International Workshop on High-Level Isolation in late April The conference, which was held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), […]
May 1, 2018
Happy Medical Laboratory Professionals Week!
Providing medical care for a single patient takes a village of health care professionals, and among these, we have some unsung heroes we would like to recognize this week – our Laboratory Professionals! In Infectious Diseases, we rely heavily on our colleagues working in the lab, particularly in the microbiology lab. They process the cultures […]
Apr 22, 2018
Losing Ground Against Gonorrhea – The Rising Antibiotic Resistance
April is Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Awareness month and there is a critical need to raise awareness toward preventing these infections in all our patients. In the past, most STIs were easily treated with readily available antibiotics, but unfortunately, the story of Gonorrhea has taken a turn down a frightening road. Gonorrhea is the 2nd […]
Apr 19, 2018
UNMC Goes to Nicaragua on Medical Missions
UNMC medical students, UNMC physical therapy students, Dr. Florescu, and I (Ada, Florescu, a University of Nebraska college student) all started working very early in the morning on March 19th in Managua, Nicaragua. Although it was early in the morning, the heat in Managua was unstoppable and there was no air conditioner anywhere to be […]
Apr 18, 2018
New Faculty Spotlight – James Lawler, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Dr. Lawler recently joined UNMC and the ID Division serving as the Director of Clinical and Biodefense Research within the National Strategic Research Institute and Director of International Programs and Innovation with Global Center for Health Security On a more personal note, we asked Dr. Lawler a few questions: Why did you choose to come to UNMC? What […]
Apr 13, 2018
Ryan Ross, RN on Why I Love ID
Why I Love ID: “Why I love ID? I love ID because it brought me many new challenges as a nurse. I’ve been able to learn in depth about infections ranging from Tuberculosis to prosthetic joint infections. I love being part of a team that has the knowledge and expertise to be able to diagnose […]
Apr 4, 2018
Celebrating Doctor’s Day
March 30th will pass by for some as any other day. However, it should not. It is a day for us to celebrate and recognize American physicians for their ongoing work to improve the health of our communities, country and world. As we have said before, in the end, we are all patients. Doctors will […]
Mar 30, 2018
What Patient Safety Means to Us – Part 2
In endeavoring to give you a real flavor of how important patient safety is to all of us, we have more comments today from our team. Patient safety is important to all of us and we wish we could highlight the all of important work everyone in our Division is doing to provide the best […]
Mar 15, 2018
What Patient Safety Means To Us – Part 1
As mentioned on Monday, patient safety is a primary focus of our work, particularly in Infection Control and Epidemiology. To really highlight the commitment to this initiative, we wanted to share a series on what patient safety means to us and a few examples of how we have implemented that into our work. Per […]
Mar 13, 2018
Patient Safety Awareness Week
“4 in 10 Americans say they have experienced a medical error in their own care or in the care of a loved one.” Preventable Harm is critical to reduce in healthcare. It is a major cause of death, disability and costs, therefore the Institute for Healthcare Improvement created an initiative of Patient Safety Awareness Week […]
Mar 12, 2018
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