Vysoká Škola Zdravotníctva a Sociálnej Práce sv. Alžbety

Fragmented Care, Fragmented Safety: Care Coordination and Deprescribing Strategies to Reduce Polypharmacy-Related Harm in Assisted Living—A Public Health Perspective

Background: Assisted living houses an older, frailer and more heavily medicated population than ever, yet is often regulated as a social and not a clinical setting with no on-site nursing requirement. Polypharmacy accumulates where medication oversight is thinnest. Objective: To...

Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Producing Single or Dual Carbapenemases and Emergence of ST395 Strains Co-harbouring NDM-5 and OXA-232 in Selected University Hospitals

Abstract Background Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) strains poses a serious global threat, driven by expansion of high-risk clones producing dual carbapenemases and exhibiting increased antimicrobial resistance. Materials and methods We investigated...