Julie L. Gerberding

TL;DR: These analyses show that smoking remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States, however, poor diet and physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as the lead cause of death.

TL;DR: The recommended preventive strategies with the strongest supportive evidence are education and training of healthcare providers who insert and maintain catheters, and maximal sterile barrier precautions during central venous catheter insertion, which can reduce the risk for serious catheter-related infection.

TL;DR: This revised consensus statement presents new information based on the analysis of the anthrax attacks of 2001, including developments in the investigation of the Anthrax Attacks of 2001; important symptoms, signs, and laboratory studies; new diagnostic clues that may help future recognition of this disease; updated antibiotic therapeutic considerations; and judgments about environmental surveillance and decontamination.

TL;DR: A national investigation was initiated to identify additional cases and determine possible exposures to Bacillus anthracis, and 22 cases of anthrax were identified; 5 of the inhalational cases were fatal.

TL;DR: These guidelines have been developed for practitioners who insert catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home health-care settings and provide evidence-based recommendations for preventing catheter-related infections.