Craven Hospital

Niederman MS, Craven DE. Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia. Am ] Respir Crit Care Med 2005 171 388-416. 

Mrs Craven had a flair for teaching the methods of inorganic analysis and her enthusiastic approach was always stimulating to her students. She will be affectionately remembered by several generations of Manchester chemists who owe to her their early training in this branch and many of whom will recollect with pleasure the friendly hospitality of the Craven household.23... 

Craven built the first wear testing rig at Wrightington for Chamley between 1959 and 1960. With little money available to support research, the stainless steel parts of the wear tester were scrounged from the local scrap yard, where the proprietor was accustomed to reserving raw materials for the hospital. The rig, shown in Figure 4.8 on display in Wrightington Hospital, consist of four stations. 

In May of that year, a salesman (Mr. V.C. Birms) arrived at Wrightington and was introduced to Craven by the hospital s supply officer. Binn s products, small gears and bushings, were fabricated from UHMWPE and he provided Craven with a sample of the material. Chamley s first reaction to UHMWPE is described in his biography as follows "When shown tire material, Chamley dug his thumb-nail into it and walked out, telling Craven he was wasting his time" (Waugh 1990). 

Craven DE, Steger KA, Fleming CA. Preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia current concepts and strategies. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 1997 18 185-200. 

Craven DE, Steger KA, LaForce FM. Nosocomial pneumonia. In Anonymous Hospital Infections. 4th ed. Boston Little, Brown, 1997. 

Craven DE, Steger KA. Hospital-acquired pneumonia perspective for the epidemiologist. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1997 18 783-795. 

Campbell GD Jr, Niederman MS, Broughton WA, Craven DE, Eein AM, Link MP, Gleeson K, Hornick DB, Lynch JP III, Mandell LA, Mason CM, Torres A, Wunderink RG. Hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults diagnosis, assessment of severity, initial antimicrobial therapy, and preventative strategies a consensus statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995 153 1711-1725. 

Craven DE. Prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia measuring effect in ounces, pounds and tons. Ann Intern Med 1995 122 229-231. 

This chapter would not have been possible without the assistance of many supportive colleagues in England. Professor John Fisher (University of Leeds), Dr. Mike Wroblewski (Wrightington Hospital), and Harry Craven (Lancashire) were all instrumental in providing details regarding the undocumented history of Wrightington during the time of Charnley. Drs. Ken Brummit and... 

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