Publications by authors named "S R Owens"
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- The in-person escape room activity focuses on the complexities of HIV management in India, aimed at Emergency Medicine trainees and other medical specialties needing HIV knowledge.
- It addresses the various reasons patients with HIV visit the Emergency Department and emphasizes the need for EM providers to be skilled in managing HIV despite advancements in treatment.
- By participating, learners will enhance their understanding of antiretroviral therapies, including prescribing them for new HIV diagnoses.
Wastewater testing can inform public health action as a component of polio outbreak response. During 2022-2023, a total of 7 US jurisdictions (5 states and 2 cities) participated in prospective or retrospective testing of wastewater for poliovirus after a paralytic polio case was identified in New York state. Two distinct vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 viruses were detected in wastewater from New York state and New York City during 2022, representing 2 separate importation events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to explore factors related to a travel nurse completing or extending an assignment or leaving before the end of an assignment.
Background: Hospitals use various options for staffing shortages. One option is to contract with travel nurses.
Infectious disease physicians in England have been diagnosing and managing occasional cases of viral hemorrhagic fever since 1971, including the United Kingdom's first case of Ebola virus disease in 1976. Specialist isolation facilities to provide safe and effective care have been present since that time. Following the emergence of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2012, and the avian influenza A (H7N9) outbreak in 2013, and the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, clinical and public health preparedness and response pathways in England have been strengthened for these types of diseases, now called high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs).
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