Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and pregnancy.

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of rare inherited connective tissue disorders. Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is one of the common types and not infrequently encountered in pregnancy. While, in the majority of women with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, the pregnancy is uncomplicated, it is important to be aware of the condition in view of potential complications such as recurrent joint dislocations and history of surgical joint stabilization procedures, secondary autonomic pain and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

Decontamination: back to basics.

My invitation from this Journal's Editor, Felicia Cox, to provide a paper for this themed issue, included the sentence 'I was wondering if you or a colleague would like to contribute a back to basics article on the relevant standards and guidelines for decontamination, including what is compliance?'. The reason it is so interesting to me is that the term 'back to basics' implies reverting to a simpler time in life - when by just sticking to the rules, life became easier. However, with decontamination this is not actually true.