An outbreak of Serratia marcescens infections occurred in a university tertiary-care hospital. Alcohol-free chlorhexidine solutions were contaminated with S marcescens. The majority of patient and chlorhexidine strains had similar pulsed field-gel electrophoresis banding patterns. Chlorhexidine was recalled, and the rate of S marcescens isolation returned to baseline. Chlorhexidine without alcohol should not be used as an antiseptic.
In the last decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of geographic information for historical research. Parallel to that, there has also been an increasing interest for data visualization as an aspect of information design, leading to a significant number of studies and developments in the field of cartographic design. The main argument of this essay is that historical GIS and spatial history are relevant approaches for design history. This is demonstrated with examples of research on the history of typography and print that benefited from the use of analogical and digital maps.
Este trabalho fornece uma viso geral de um estudo investigativo pragmtico iniciado a partir de uma pesquisa de doutorado e discorre sobre prticas de design e pedagogia. Inserido no contexto de reas como a Tipografia e o Design da Informao e com fortes relaes com a histria do Design, tal estudo enfatiza a explorao de metodologias alternativas de pesquisa em design na composio de um produto carregado de significado pedaggico. A questo tratada no estudo refere-se ao alcance limitado dos sistemas existentes de classificao de caracteres na descrio correta de uma grande diversidade de formas presentes na prtica atual de desenho de tipos e, portanto, das recentes aquisies de um tradicional acervo didtico, em Londres.Surpreendentemente, analisar esta questo proporcionou utilizar-se a prpria prtica do pesquisador como metodologia na gesto de pesquisa subsequente e na organizao e gerao de novos conhecimentos atravs do emprego de mtodos de administrao de informao visual. Uma das principais conseqncias da pesquisa foi a criao de um novo modelo de descrio de formas tipogrficas, que ser descrito em termos de sua operao, divergncia dos modelos existentes e seu potencial de aplicao. [ Download ]
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