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J M Trimble

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Improving care through a medication administration process action team.

The article discusses the use of a process action team to improve the medication administration system. The interdisciplinary team suggests alternatives after reviewing current practice, systems, and procedures. After suggested alternatives are applied, the medication dispensing and administration system improves and enhances the delivery of medications to patients. This opportunity to improve care explains the use of the process action team in patient care system improvement.

Hospitals, Veterans↗

The ecology of Colorado tick fever in Rocky Mountain National Park in 1974. II. Infection in small mammals.

Field studies of Colorado tick fever (CTF) in small mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) in 1974 established that Eutamias minimus and Spermophilus lateralis were the most important hosts for CTF virus and were the source of virus for immature stages of the tick vector, Dermacentor andersoni. Other species (Peromyscus maniculatus, Spermophilus richardsonii, Eutamias umbrinus) are secondary hosts. The intensity of viral activity in rodents varied greatly from locality to locality. Highest rodent infection rates were found to occur in the Moraine Park area of RMNP. Lowest infection rates occurred above 3,290 meters in altitude at Rainbow Curve and on the tundra. The prevalence of infection in rodents was constant from April--July (5--6% of animals captured were viremic) and then declined to 1.7--2.5% in August and September coincident with a decline in nymphal tick ectoparasitism. Many animals were captured which were simultaneously viremic and antibody-positive. Under field conditions, neutralizing antibody seroconversion does not always occur.

Animals↗