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FDA Approves Roche's MRSA Detection Test for Use in the U.S.

Molecular test offers faster results to help healthcare facilities control spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). ...More
July 9, 2010
Posted in News
Cepheid Recalls MRSA Blood Culture Product

Cepheid is recalling all lots of Xpert MRSA/SA BC (blood culture) product. ...More
July 7, 2010
Posted in News
Active Surveillance Testing vs. Conventional Infection Control Measures

As we saw in part one of this two-part series, the topic of active surveillance cultures (ASC) is a controversial one, with critics of the practice pointing to its expense, tying scarce infection prevention resources to one pathogen and the potential for adverse outcomes ...More
April 15, 2010
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
One IP's Take on Active Surveillance Testing

Shannon Oriola, RN, CIC, COHN, the department lead for infection prevention and clinical epidemiology at the Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus in San Diego, discusses her experience with active surveillance testing (AST) in the wake of the September 2008 passage of SB 1058, ...More
April 15, 2010
Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions
Input on Active Surveillance Cultures from the Community

We asked ICT readers what they do relating to active surveillance cultures. Here are their responses: “We are a tiny facility in the smallest county with the least population in the least populated state. We have not tested those who come into our facility. For us it ...More
April 15, 2010
Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions
Infectious Disease Screening Not Performed at Many Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

Fewer than half of all substance abuse treatment facilities surveyed nationwide reported that they conduct on-site infectious disease screening, according to a new study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Rates of HIV, ...More
March 25, 2010
Posted in News
Comprehensive Approach Associated With Reduced MRSA in French Hospitals

An intensive program of surveillance, precautions, training and feedback in a large multihospital institution appears to be associated with reductions in rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) over a 15-year period, according to a report in the March 22 ...More
March 23, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Researchers Find Infrared Thermal Detection Systems Useful for Patient Screening

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) found an Infrared Thermal Detection System (ITDS) to be a fast and effective fever screening tool in clinical settings during the H1N1 influenza pandemic. The ITDS detected fever in patients through ...More
March 21, 2010
Posted in News
Active Surveillance Cultures: Friend or Foe?

Part one of a two-part series.Whether or not it is mandated by state law, some healthcare institutions are turning to active surveillance cultures (ASC) of all or certain high-risk patients, as well as placing them under contact precautions – all in an effort to curb ...More
March 17, 2010
Posted in Articles
Review Casts Doubt on Screening Air Passengers for TB Infection

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s international guidelines for the control of tuberculosis in relation to air travel require (after a risk assessment) the tracing of passengers who sat for longer than eight hours in rows adjacent to people with pulmonary ...More
February 22, 2010
Posted in News

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