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SSIs in Ambulatory Surgery

In an analysis that included nearly 300,000 patients from eight states who underwent ambulatory surgery, researchers found that the rates of surgical ...read more

Hand Sanitizer Missing in Some Hospitals

Approximately 1 in 5 U.S. healthcare facilities don't make alcohol-based hand sanitizer available at every point of care, missing a critical ...read more

Antibiotic Prescribing Practices

A new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that clinicians in some hospitals prescribe three times as ...read more

PPE Utilization in a Pandemic

This report explores the utilization of personal protective equipment and respiratory protection within a pandemic scenario and addresses key issues ...read more

Biocides and Sporicidal Disinfectants

This Pulse provides a quick summary of some of the ideas and perspectives coming out of the 2013 Spring Conference of the Society of Healthcare ...read more

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OstoSolutions Announces New Ostomy Pouch Disposal Seal

OstoSolutions™ announces the availability of its new, patent-pending, Ostomy Pouch Disposal Seal for Hollister, ConvaTec and Coloplast ostomy pouch users. Now, for the first time, there’s a simple, effective product that lets people with an ostomy, or ...More
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Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Recognizes PA HCWs Committed to Patient Safety

Continuing efforts to encourage each healthcare worker in Pennsylvania’s healthcare facilities to make a personal commitment to patient safety, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has featured 10 individuals and groups on posters who have committed themselves to ...More
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Increased Investment in Vaccines Key to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections

Increased investment in research and development for new vaccines is key to halting the spread of genital herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis and trichomoniasis, according to a new special issue of the journal Vaccine, co-edited by the World Health Organization (WHO) and ...More
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Can Low-Dose Interferon Prevent Relapse of Hepatitis C Virus Infection?

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can lead to serious diseases such as cirrhosis and cancer of the liver, so viral clearance and prevention of relapse are important treatment goals. Low-dose oral interferon may reduce the risk of HCV relapse in patients with mild ...More
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Patients' Stories Used to Improve Care on UK Wards

A research project led by Oxford University is showing how patient experiences can be used to improve healthcare – not through targets and surveys, but by getting doctors, nurses and patients talking together about care on the ward. Videos of patients talking about ...More
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Doctor 'Chagrin' Among Reasons Why Antibiotics May be Overused in Hospitals

One reason doctors may prescribe antibiotics more often than necessary is because they want to avoid withholding a prescription from a hospitalized patient ultimately found to have a bacterial infection, University of Michigan doctors say in a new commentary. The article, ...More
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SHEA Comments on CDC's Vital Signs Report Showing Poor Prescribing Practices in U.S. Hospitals

As antibiotic use in hospitals becomes more frequent, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) urges hospitals and healthcare systems to step up efforts to protect patients by improving antibiotic-prescribing practices. A new Vital Signs report released by ...More
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Improving Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospitals Can Make Healthcare Safer

A new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that clinicians in some hospitals prescribe three times as many antibiotics than clinicians in other hospitals, even though patients were receiving care in similar areas of each hospital. In ...More
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Slide Show: Antibiotic Prescribing Practices

A new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that clinicians in some hospitals prescribe three times as many antibiotics than clinicians in other hospitals, even though patients were receiving care in similar areas of each ...More
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Changes in Hospital Orders Increase Pertussis Immunization Rates

Changing the hospital orders for women who have just delivered a child led to a 69 percent increase in the new mothers' pertussis vaccination rate, providing protection for themselves and their newborns against the disease, commonly known as whooping cough, according ...More
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