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Infection Control Tomorrow

Learn more about Infection Control Tomorrow, the industry's most progressive 2-day in-person event discussing traditional strategies and leading ...read more

Science Summit: Emerging Pathogens

The Science Summits provide an opportunity for manufacturers in the infection prevention and control arena to present and explain the science behind ...read more

Prompt Use of Antivirals is Key This Flu Season

A report published in the Jan. 16, 2015 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) estimates that this season’s flu ...read more

Labs and Ebola

Due to a heightened concern in the United States about Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance for clinical ...read more

Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring

Report Summary Hospital executives, infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists are by now familiar with a number of givens relating to ...read more

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Effective Infection Prevention Programs Include Proactive Measures

Abstract The U.S. healthcare system is burdened with 3.2 billion dollars of added cost each year to battle multi-drug-resistant organisms (MDROs). The two primary organisms are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
Are ICU Nurses’ Working Conditions Linked to an Increase in HAIs?

I wanted to share with you a report from researchers at Columbia University School of Nursing that indicates that hospitals which provide their ICU nurses with better working conditions see a correlation to their healthcare-acquired infection (HAI) rate. We know that ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
Safety Syringes: Is Your Institution Stuck in the Stone Age?

Early man fashioned sharp instruments from flint and stone. Today, these implements are obsolete. Is the same thing happening with safety syringes? Following passage of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, manufacturers responded with product modifications to meet ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
Not Too Cold, Not Too Hot

Patients often become cold before, during, and after surgery and this can decrease the patient’s immunity and increase their risk of contracting a surgical site infection (SSI). Fortunately, several studies show that proper use of temperature management devices ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
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July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
Catheters and Infection Prevention

In this issue we take a look at steps clinicians can take to control and prevent infections relating to both catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs) and urinary tract infections (UTIs). Fighting CR-BSIs Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs) occur when ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
Getting to the Point of Sharps Safety Best Practices

Every year between 600,000 and 800,000 people are the victims of needlestick injuries in U.S. hospitals, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). These numbers are daunting, but the stories behind the numbers are far more troubling. ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
Do You Know Where Your Foley Is?

During the fall of 2004, the Idaho infection control department at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (SARMC) in Boise, Idaho, began using a Web-based data-mining software system (MedMined). As a result of using MedMined, it was identified that SARMC’s Urine Nosocomial ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
TOC July 2007

Getting to the Point of Sharps Safety Best Practices Facilities Embrace Sharps Safety Plans at Different Speeds and Success Rates By Michelle Beaver Safety Syringes: Is Your Institution Stuck in the Stone Age? By Barbara DeBaun, RN, MSN, CIC Catheters and Infection ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles
Calendar

JULY 2007 8-11Third International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control: Infection Control in a Global Village Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia www.apic.org 16-18Public Health Congress Mandarin.Oriental, Washington, D.C.http://www.worldcongress.com/events/NW701/ ...More
July 2, 2007 Posted in Articles