Hand hygiene compliance affected MRSA colonization in single-patient and open-model rooms alike in a neonatal ICU, but average daily census only affected infants in single-patient rooms, according to research published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.Further, single-patient rooms did not reduce rates of MRSA colonization, late-onset sepsis or death in a retrospective cohort study conducted […]
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Hand hygiene, but not census impacts MRSA colonization in NICU
July 27, 2015Category: Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Hospital Acquired Infections, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, MRSA
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HHS Proposes to Improve Care for Nursing Home Residents – Includes Infection Control & Antibiotic Stewardship Program
July 24, 2015The White House Conference on Aging announced new changes that would make major changes to improve the care and safety of the nearly 1.5 million residents in the more than 15,000 long-term care facilities or nursing homes that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. If finalized, unnecessary hospital readmissions and infections would be reduced, […]
Category: Healthcare Professionals, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Nursing
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Health Care Providers A Major Contributor to Problem of Antibiotic Overuse
July 22, 2015From University of Utah:10 percent of health care providers write an antibiotic prescription for nearly every patient (95 percent or more) who walks in with a cold, bronchitis or other acute respiratory infection (ARI), according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-supported study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and led by […]
Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Healthcare Professionals
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Study: Healthcare Workers Are Not Removing PPE Correctly
July 17, 2015The study was published as a brief report in the American Journal of Infection Control.Fewer than 1 in 6 healthcare workers (HCW) followed all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for the removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) after patient care, according to a brief report published in the July issue of the […]
Category: Healthcare Professionals, Hospital Acquired Infections, Infection Control, Nursing
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Study: Out-of-pocket health costs tied to antimicrobial resistance
July 14, 2015Via Stanford Medicine News:Antimicrobial resistance is a growing, global public health challenge that could undo decades of progress in declining morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases.The high out-of-pocket costs for antimicrobial drugs in many developing countries is leading to an increase in drug-resistant pathogens, according to a study by Stanford University researchers.Many government-run public health systems […]
Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Hospital, Infection Control
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Study: Underlying Reasons Associated with Hospital Readmission Following Surgery in USA
July 8, 2015Originally published in JAMA February 2015Financial penalties for readmission have been expanded beyond medical conditions to include surgical procedures. Hospitals are working to reduce readmissions; however, little is known about the reasons for surgical readmission.The most common reason for unplanned readmission was surgical site infection (SSI) overall (19.5%) and also after colectomy or proctectomy (25.8%), […]
Category: Hospital Acquired Infections
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