Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington, Texas presented a poster at ID Week 2016: Pre- and Post-Operative Participation of Orthopedic Patients and Surgical Staff in a Novel Intervention to Reduce Staphylococcus aureus Infection.The premise of the poster abstract presentation was “overall reduction of potentially infectious bacteria in the immediate patient environment is critical to effective infection control […]
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Poster Abstract from ID Week 2016 – Reducing SSIR Rates with Nozin Nasal Sanitizer
January 27, 2017Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Stewardship, Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Hospital Acquired Infections, ICU, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Infectious Disease, MRSA, Nasal Decolonization, Surgical Site Infections Comments (0)
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The Importance of Nasal Decolonization for Infection Control
July 8, 2016According to the Centers for Disease Control, Hospital acquired infections (HAIs), including the infections caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), are costing hospitals more than $30 billion per year. New federal health care rules are also reducing reimbursements to hospitals for HAI treatment.Studies show that nasal carriage plays a major role in HAI and Surgical […]
Category: Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Hospital Acquired Infections, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, MRSA, Nasal Decolonization, Nursing, Surgical Site Infections
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Universal Versus Targeted Decolonization: Newer Strategies to Prevent Transmission
April 20, 2016by Phenelle SegalDespite significant advances in the reduction of healthcare-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the process for prevention of transmission remains tedious, time consuming, demanding of healthcare personnel, costly and, oftentimes, unsuccessful. The traditional approach to prevention of transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) has included screening for colonization (e.g., MRSA screening of the […]
Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Hospital Acquired Infections, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, MRSA, Nursing
Tags: infection control, MRSA, Nasal Decolonization, Nasal Decolonization strategies, Phenelle Segal | Comments (0)
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New Advisory Council on MRSA Led by Dr. Martin J. Blaser to Combat Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
October 7, 2015Martin J. Blaser, MD, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the human microbiome – and he proved it last year with the publication of his critically acclaimed, best-selling book, “Missing Microbes,” which helped lay audiences better understand the microbiome’s often complex make-up and the important role it plays in human health.Now, Blaser will […]
Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Stewardship, Healthcare Professionals, Hospital
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Infection preventionists may spend more time collecting data than protecting patients
September 14, 2015Collecting and reporting hospital infection data to federal health agencies takes more than 5 hours each day, at the expense of time needed to ensure that frontline healthcare personnel are adhering to basic infection prevention practices such as hand hygiene, according to a recent case study, to be presented on Saturday, June 27 at the […]
Category: Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Nursing
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Using the Nudge Theory in Hand Hygiene Compliance Efforts
September 10, 2015The Nudge Theory has been widely used to improve healthy behavior and works as an external cue to memory. Kwok and McLaws (2015) report on their efforts to engage medical staff in improved hand hygiene compliance. An automated hand hygiene surveillance system was installed in an Australian tertiary teaching hospital. The clinicians were taught to […]
Category: Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Infection Prevention
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Controlling Inappropriate Antibiotic Use Across Settings Provides for Better Patient Outcomes
September 8, 2015Press Release from SHEAThe Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) supports all of the nation’s healthcare providers across the spectrum of healthcare stepping up coordinated efforts to curb improper use of antibiotics by practicing antibiotic stewardship. A new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spotlights the […]
Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Stewardship, Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Infection Prevention, Nursing
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ASU Team Develops Quick Way to Determine Bacteria’s Antibiotic Resistance
September 4, 2015Bacteria’s ability to become resistant to antibiotics is a growing issue in health care: Resistant strains result in prolonged illnesses and higher mortality rates.One way to combat this is to determine bacteria’s antibiotic resistance in a given patient, but that often takes days — and time is crucial in treatment. ASU scientists have developed a […]
Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Hospital Acquired Infections, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, MRSA, Surgical Site Infections
Tags: Antibiotic Resistance, Arizona State University, cdc, infection control, Infection Prevention, MRSA, Staph areus | Comments (0)
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Hand hygiene, but not census impacts MRSA colonization in NICU
July 27, 2015Hand 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 […]
Category: Healthcare Professionals, Hospital, Hospital Acquired Infections, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, MRSA
Tags: Hand Hygiene Compliance, Infection Control and Hospital Edpidemiology, MRSA, NICU | Comments (0)
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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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