Filling a Cavity in Dental Care.
IEEE Pulse
; 12(2): 22-27, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1447883
ABSTRACT
About a decade ago, Dian Baker, a professor at Sacramento State School of Nursing, responded to a directive from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) asking health care practitioners to do something about the thorny and serious problem of ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia, which afflicts thousands of people each year. After consulting with colleagues on the issue, Baker noticed something interesting. Although hospital ventilators had been widely assumed to be the cause of this problem, the truth was that most people getting pneumonia in hospitals weren't on ventilators. The true culprit may come as a surprise Nurses were shirking the unpleasant task of brushing the teeth of seriously ill patients.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Primary Health Care
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Dental Care
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Dental Caries
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Medically Underserved Area
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
IEEE Pulse
Journal subject:
Biomedical Engineering
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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