Here are 10 articles on medical research study findings from the week of Oct. 5.
1. The departmental setting in which a patient receives pediatric care greatly influences the factors that will determine the patient's level of satisfaction, according to a recent study. Read more.
2. The flu vaccine could be doing a lot more than just inoculating patients against influenza — it might be playing a significant role in combating influenza-related pneumonia as well, according to new research. Read more.
3. A study from Durham, N.C.-based Duke Medicine revealed that using a combination of chemicals and ultraviolet light to clean patient rooms can cut transmission of four major infection-causing bacteria by a cumulative 30 percent. Read more.
4. In a study presented at the 2015 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare used an electronic tracking system to reduce the number of blood transfusions patient receive, which cut infection rates and costs. Read more.
5. Researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta found that of the 70 million children under the age of 17 in the U.S., nearly 9 million lack immunity to measles, or roughly one in eight children. Read more.
6. Examining how ready a patient feels to be discharged can be a clinically useful patient satisfaction metric, according to a new study published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Read more.
7. UC Davis Children's Hospital in Sacramento, Calif., found implementing an antibiotic stewardship program led to a three-fold decrease in the number of children hospitalized with a Clostridium difficile infection. Read more.
8. Falls that result in a visit to the emergency room could be a sign of infection, rather than clumsiness, according to research presented at IDWeek 2015 from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Read more.
9. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel and MIT in Boston have developed a highly sensitive, cost effective pathogen screening process. Read more.
10. Pediatric residents and their supervising physicians disagree about when the residents should reach out to ask for help during after-hours situations, according to recent research. Read more.