Outcomes of COVID-19 With the Mayo Clinic Model of Care and Research.

Objective: To report the Mayo Clinic experience with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related to patient outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients with COVID-19 diagnosed between March 1, 2020, and July 31, 2020, at any of the Mayo Clinic sites. We abstracted pertinent comorbid conditions such as age, sex, body mass index, Charlson Comorbidity Index variables, and treatments received.

Effect of audit and feedback on improving handovers: a nonrandomized comparative study.

Background: High-quality, shift-to-shift handovers by residents are critical to ensuring to patient safety. The 2011 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour requirements have increased the number of handovers occurring daily, necessitating new approaches to this challenge. Research suggests standardized approaches, electronic systems, and education programs can improve the handover process.

Preoperative chlorhexidine shower or bath for prevention of surgical site infection: a meta-analysis.

Background: Chlorhexidine showering is frequently recommended as an important preoperative measure to prevent surgical site infection (SSI). However, the efficacy of this approach is uncertain.

Methods: A search of electronic databases was undertaken to identify prospective controlled trials evaluating whole-body preoperative bathing with chlorhexidine versus placebo or no bath for prevention of SSI.