9 results match your criteria: "Carilion Clinic Roanoke Memorial Hospital[Affiliation]"
Two rare cases of fungal bursitis due to .
IDCases
March 2021
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA.
Fungal infections due to spp. are rarely reported in the medical literature. We report the first two cases of fungal bursitis of the knee by , which has not been previously reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFiltration evaluation of expired elastomeric P-100 filter cartridges after months of real-world use during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
June 2022
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
N95 reprocessing by low temperature sterilization with 59% vaporized hydrogen peroxide during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Am J Infect Control
January 2021
Carilion Clinic Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA; Carilion Clinic Infection Prevention, Roanoke, VA; Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA. Electronic address:
Background: Response to the COVID-19 pandemic by hospital systems has been strained by severe shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly N95 respirators. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed decontamination strategies to prolong the lifespan of single use respirators. Battelle and Duke University have validated hospital protocols to decontaminate respirators using vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) at 30%-35% concentrations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFiltration evaluation and clinical use of expired elastomeric P-100 filter cartridges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
March 2021
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.
Calculating an institutional personal protective equipment (PPE) burn rate to project future usage patterns during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
December 2020
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.
Evaluation of Rapid vs Standard Infliximab Infusions in the Pediatric Population.
Inflamm Bowel Dis
August 2018
Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.
Background: Rapid 1-hour infliximab infusions have been safely implemented in adults, but studies of these rapid infusions in pediatric patients are limited. This study's primary objective was to determine the safety of 1-hour infliximab infusions compared with standard 2- to 3-hour infusions in children with inflammatory bowel disease and other autoimmune disorders.
Methods: We conducted an institutional review board-approved prospective study using an unmatched historical control group at a freestanding children's hospital comparing rapid vs standard infusion rates of infliximab and the use of premedications and immunomodulatory agents on the frequency of early and delayed infusion reactions.
Pulmonary embolism: An unusual finding during endobronchial sonography.
J Clin Ultrasound
November 2017
Department of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Carilion Clinic/Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia.
Youths as partners in a community participatory project for substance use prevention.
Fam Community Health
April 2015
University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville (Drs Kulbok and Thatcher and Ms Park); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg (Dr Meszaros and Ms Kimbrell); Carilion Clinic Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia (Dr Bond); and Virginia Cooperative Extension, Blacksburg (Ms Smith-Gregory).
This community-based participatory research project aimed to develop strategies to prevent youth substance use in a rural county. This article (1) describes the project phases, (2) examines unique contributions and considerations of youth involvement, and (3) explores the youths' perspective. Twelve youths, aged 16 to 18 years, joined parents, community leaders, and research specialists on the community-based participatory research team.
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