Effects of iPad Video Education on Patient Knowledge, Satisfaction, and Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance.

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to examine the outcomes of using video education as an adjunct to standard discharge education for patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention. Outcomes included knowledge about heart disease and discharge instructions, satisfaction with the video education, and the percentage of patients with cardiac rehabilitation referrals who attended their first cardiac rehabilitation session.

Methods: This project analyzed data on 224 participants.

Cleaning of filtering facepiece respirators contaminated with mucin and Staphylococcus aureus.

Background: Decontamination, cleaning, and reuse of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) has been proposed to mitigate an acute FFR shortage during a public health emergency. Our study evaluates the ability of commercially available wipe products to clean FFRs contaminated with either infectious or noninfectious aerosols.

Methods: Three models of surgical N95 FFRs were contaminated with aerosols of mucin or viable Staphylococcus aureus then cleaned with hypochlorite, benzalkonium chloride, or nonantimicrobial wipes.

Challenge of N95 filtering facepiece respirators with viable H1N1 influenza aerosols.

OBJECTIVE. Specification of appropriate personal protective equipment for respiratory protection against influenza is somewhat controversial. In a clinical environment, N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) are often recommended for respiratory protection against infectious aerosols.

A pandemic influenza preparedness study: use of energetic methods to decontaminate filtering facepiece respirators contaminated with H1N1 aerosols and droplets.

Background: A major concern among health care experts is a projected shortage of N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) during an influenza pandemic. One option for mitigating an FFR shortage is to decontaminate and reuse the devices. Many parameters, including biocidal efficacy, filtration performance, pressure drop, fit, and residual toxicity, must be evaluated to verify the effectiveness of this strategy.

Optimizing use of assisted reproduction.

Infertile couples who have failed to achieve pregnancy now have new options that have become available in the last two decades. The costs are generally large and frequently not covered by insurance. Risks include multiple pregnancy and hyperstimulation syndrome.