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COVID-19 Nursing Protocol for Obtaining Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples

1. Ensure that all infection prevention & control steps
Nasopharyngeal Swab ... Minitip flocked swab ... Leave swab in place ... Remove swab and ... with the same swab
Recommendations for Collection of Specimens for Culture from Diabetic Foot Wounds;  Culture specimens should be
pathogens than a wound swab ... #swab #curettage ... diabetes #footwound #clinical
FALLS protocol - POCUS evaluation in shock

The FALLS-protocol is an ultrasound evaluation of patients with acute
FALLS protocol - ... POCUS evaluation ... shock The FALLS-protocol ... an ultrasound evaluation ... #Shock #Algorithm
How to Obtain a Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimen

Insert the swab into the nostril, parallel to the palate.
Nasopharyngeal Swab ... Insert the swab ... passage of the swab ... The swab should ... COVID19 #Nursing #Protocol
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
spectrum, based on clinical ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Evaluation ... #Protocol #Algorithm
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
spectrum, based on clinical ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Evaluation ... #Protocol #Algorithm
Evaluating Patients for Smallpox
Acute, Generalized Vesicular or Pustular Rash Illness Protocol

#SmallPox #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Criteria #Differential #Varicella
Evaluating Patients ... Pustular Rash Illness Protocol ... #SmallPox #Algorithm
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... Nasopharyngeal swab ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #COPD #AECOPD #Algorithm
Nasopharyngeal Swab - Technique Demonstration

The nasopharynx goes back, not up. 

When you take a nasopharyngeal swab
Nasopharyngeal Swab ... nasopharyngeal swab ... For a real NP swab ... should leave swab ... Procedure #Video #Clinical
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... precursors" • Stab ... Shepard’s crook (Stab ... likelihood of negative clinical ... count on initial evaluation