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01/15/2009
Hospital Uniforms: A Dangerous Fashion StatementSome hospitals are prohibiting their staff from wearing scrubs and other hospital apparel outside the building. This sensible change is partly in response to the rapid increase of C. diff. A national hospital survey released Nov. 11 warns that C. diff infections are sickening nearly half a million people a year in the U.S., more than six times previous estimates. In a ... |
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11/05/2008
A Response to the Compendium of Strategies to Fight HAIsConsensus can make for progress. Or it can make for empty promises. The release of the "Compendium of Strategies" announced recently by the Joint Commisssion, the AHA, SHEA and APIC makes for a little of both. Agreement achieved by these diverse groups may do little to stop infections from killing more than 100,000 Americans a year.For instance, the compendium fails to call on hospitals to ... |
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