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Changing The Way Providers Order Blood Return To Intensive Care Patients, Chloe Morris
Changing The Way Providers Order Blood Return To Intensive Care Patients, Chloe Morris
Spring Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
Patients with anemia and other conditions resulting in loss of blood often come with orders to return wasted blood to them. While using typical blood draw practices, patients are placed at an increased risk of infection when their blood is exposed to the outside world. My question is, will using a closed system decrease the instances of infection in patients who receive their waste blood after draws? By utilizing a waste syringe attached to the IV line, nurses can avoid detaching and reattaching syringes to collect and give back the patient's blood. Patients who are already at an increased risk …
Fact Or Myth: The Flu Can Be Caused By The Flu Vaccine, Arleigh Wood
Fact Or Myth: The Flu Can Be Caused By The Flu Vaccine, Arleigh Wood
2020 Virtual Spring Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
To many, the flu vaccine seems like a threat to an otherwise healthy individual. People often get the flu after receiving the flu shot, which does not promote confidence in the general public. These and other reasonings have created a myth that the flu vaccine can cause the flu. Understanding how the vaccination is created and how it interacts with the immune system helps to realize why the flu vaccine cannot cause the virus. For the vaccine to work, adaptive immunity must be activated by the introduction of the viral particles in a safe manner. An effective immune response from …