Practices and Challenges of Home Care Pressure Ulcer Management;Perception of Home-visit Nurses Who Have Completed the Specified Medical Acts Training.

Purpose Of The Study: This study aims to clarify practices and challenges on pressure ulcer management as perceived by home-visit nurses who have completed the specified medical acts training.

Methods: We gathered 8 home-visit nurses who have completed the training in Japan. First-author conducted in-depth, semi-structured individual interviews, asking for their insights on home care pressure ulcer management.

Pseudo-outbreak of through aerators of hand-washing machines at a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation center.

We identified a waterborne pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera in our stem cell transplantation center, which likely resulted from biofilm on the aerators of the handwashing machines in each patient's room. Regular replacement of faucet parts can prevent biofilm formation and pseudo-outbreaks of M. chimaera through aerators.