Cleaning Glucometers Appropriate cleaning or disinfecting of glucometers in long-term care facilities is cited in the CMS State Operations Manual under F-Tag 441 infection control guidelines. [...]
Proton-Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) in Long-term Care Late last year, we reported on mounting evidence of adverse drug events associated with PPIs: Drug Interactions PPIs are implicated in a number of [...]
Vitamin K in Long-Term Care Background A skilled-stay rehab patient on Coumadin recently had a supratherapeutic INR of 5.2. The patient had no evidence of abnormal bleeding. The provider was [...]
Figure 1. What’s wrong with this insulin pen in Figure 1? The large air bubble at the top is an indicator that the cartridge was incorrectly used as a vial to withdraw insulin. Insulin pen [...]
In 2015, the American Geriatrics Society released an update to the Beer’s Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly. An article appearing in the November 2015 edition of [...]
If you have watched the news recently, you have definitely heard about Zika virus. Zika virus has actually been around since 1947, when it was discovered in the forests of Uganda. The virus is [...]
The use of antipsychotic drugs for the management of the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) is not an FDA-approved indication, is controversial, and yet continues to be [...]
Dan Cohen founded a non-profit organization called Music and Memory℠ in 2010 after seeing the benefit music afforded nursing home residents throughout New York. A recent documentary entitled [...]
Zyvox (linezolid) is an antibiotic effective against a wide spectrum of gram-positive organisms, including resistant strains such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus (MRSA) and [...]