http://gigglemed.com (: medicine is fun again :) Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:17:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://gigglemed.com/catheter-related-infections-wtf-foley-humor http://gigglemed.com/catheter-related-infections-wtf-foley-humor#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:02:10 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1451 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Here’s a novel idea… Why don’t you try to reduce hospital acquired infections with campaigns that actually work? Too often, hospitals and healthcare organizations just pump out generic posters, corny phrases on stickers, and plant some “champions” among us to try to motivate us. But generic messages only add to the Sign Fatigue we all [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/catheter-related-infections-wtf-foley-humor/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/hand-washing-cdiff-typhoid-mary-humor http://gigglemed.com/hand-washing-cdiff-typhoid-mary-humor#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 11:01:58 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1416 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Typhoid Mary, we miss you. Well, not really… we just miss the fact that there was only one of you. These days we have a whole fleet. (And no, I’m not talkin’ enema, here. I’m not sure why GiggleMed readers always revert to middle school humor, but c’mon… I’m trying to be serious here.) If [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/hand-washing-cdiff-typhoid-mary-humor/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/the-truth-about-hand-washing-funny-pic http://gigglemed.com/the-truth-about-hand-washing-funny-pic#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:59:12 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1382 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Hand washing is, of course, a major concern in the healthcare setting. Too often, though, the infection control campaigns that hospitals and large organizations role out are boring, dry, or even counter-productive (when using negative social proof – “Only 40% of our physicians are using proper hand washing techniques”). If you really want to control [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/the-truth-about-hand-washing-funny-pic/feed 2 http://gigglemed.com/medical-humor-to-reduce-hospital-associated-infection-hai http://gigglemed.com/medical-humor-to-reduce-hospital-associated-infection-hai#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:27:12 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1368 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Hospital acquired infection, healthcare associated infection… the name keeps changing, but who cares what we call it (as long as we keep the abbreviation the same – HAI – for the sake of The Literature and all of these signs we’ve made). Healthcare associated infection is, of course, a huge concern. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), catheter-associated [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/medical-humor-to-reduce-hospital-associated-infection-hai/feed 1 http://gigglemed.com/hilarious-medical-cartoon-teaches-parasite-life-cycles http://gigglemed.com/hilarious-medical-cartoon-teaches-parasite-life-cycles#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:00:36 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1319 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As healthcare reimbursement plummets, as malpractice lawyers gain more air time, and as the healthcare industry becomes hyper-regulated, it should come as no surprise that we may need to make our profession a little more interesting and even fun, to get qualified applicants. Medical education, nursing schools, and science classes may need to insert more [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/hilarious-medical-cartoon-teaches-parasite-life-cycles/feed 0