Reducing Waste at the Bedside: A Resident-Led Project to Decrease Waste and Cost From Diagnostic Paracentesis.

Physicians have a responsibility to reduce the environmental harms from health care waste. Residents contribute to waste during bedside procedures. To calculate waste and estimated cost reduction with the introduction of a novel resident-designed paracentesis kit at a single academic center in Texas in 2023.

Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination in the Inpatient Setting.

Background And Objectives: The inpatient setting is often underutilized as a venue for providing pediatric vaccines. During the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, our hospital began a vaccination program to provide access to COVID-19 vaccines for eligible pediatric inpatients. Our objective was to describe the establishment and assess the impact of a COVID-19 vaccination program for pediatric inpatients.

A rare occurrence of Anaplasma-associated peritonitis.

Anaplasmosis or human granulocytic anaplasmosis is a tick-borne illness caused by the bacteria, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, resulting from an infected tick bite. Examination of a blood smear within the first week of exposure may show microcolonies of anaplasmae (morulae) in the cytoplasm of neutrophils that are highly suggestive of anaplasmosis but not definitive. We present the first case describing Anaplasma-related peritonitis and morulae in peritoneal fluid granulocytes in a peritoneal dialysis patient who developed anaplasmosis.