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APIC Leads Effort to Eliminate Bloodstream Infections

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) today announced a major initiative to eliminate one of the most preventable and deadly infections that patients can acquire in healthcare facilities: central line-associated bloodstream ...More
January 25, 2011
Posted in News
Needleless Connector Helps Hospital Eliminate Catheter Infections, Study Shows

A lengthy study performed at Methodist Extended Care Hospital resulted in the elimination of potentially deadly infections. The study findings were reported in a scientific poster presentation at the recent annual meeting of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA), a ...More
October 1, 2010
Posted in News
AVA Meeting Panel to Highlight New Standards for IV Catheter Disinfection

How to meet new infection control guidelines from the Joint Commission and those contained in the SHEA/IDSA Compendium will be the focus of a panel discussion at the upcoming annual meeting of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA). Discussing the new guidelines ...More
September 2, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections to be Focus of AVA Meeting

HERRIMAN, Utah -- Improvements in the prevention of catheter-related infections will be a prime focus at the annual conference of the Association for Vascular Access (AVA) in September. The conference comes on the eve of major changes in Medicare that will eliminate ...More
August 29, 2008
Posted in News
Medical Devices Pose Big Infection Threat

Healthcare workers have long been trying to prevent infections related to medical devices, but must try even harder as of Oct. 1, 2008, when regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) go into effect. As a result, hospitals will no longer ...More
August 28, 2008
Posted in Articles
Association for Vascular Access Hosts Webinar on “Building a Better Bundle”

The Association for Vascular Access (AVA) will host a Webinar, “Building a Better Bundle,” on Aug. 13, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. The free Webinar is supported by an educational grant from Ethicon, Inc. and its BIOPATCH® protective Disk with CHG. ...More
July 23, 2008
Posted in News
Study Shows BIOPATCH Protective Disk with CHG Effective Against MRSA, Other Microbes

SOMERVILLE, N.J. – A recently published study shows that the BIOPATCH® Protective Disk with CHG is effective against several significant microbes, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The study appears in the December 2007 issue of the ...More
April 15, 2008
Posted in News