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Defend Against the 'Ninjas' of Infectious Disease

Recently, ECRI Institute’s James Davis, BSN, RN, CCRN, CIC, presented a patient safety organization (PSO) webinar on biofilms. Davis explained how biofilms are the "ninjas" of infectious disease; they are extremely difficult to detect, and with current technology, they are ...More
3 weeks ago
Posted in News
FDA, AAMI Examine Medical Device Reprocessing Issues

Reprocessing medical devices is an intricate, complicated task, and lapses in infection prevention practices can lead to poor patient outcomes and infections. Cognizant of these implications and the role that medical device preprocessing plays in the larger healthcare ...More
January 6, 2012
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Policies and Practice
Joint Commission Addresses Laryngoscope Blade Processing

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is reporting that the Joint Commission has released a new standards-related FAQ that addresses the processing and storing of laryngoscope blades in perioperative-care settings. The FAQ emphasizes that Joint ...More
November 3, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Geoscientists Find Key to Why Some Patients Get Infections from Cardiac Implants

New research suggests that some patients develop a potentially deadly blood infection from their implanted cardiac devices because bacterial cells in their bodies have gene mutations that allow them to stick to the devices. Geoscientists were the major contributors to the ...More
October 25, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Summit Shines Spotlight on Reprocessing Challenges

At a two-day summit jointly convened by AAMI and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), nearly 250 experts debated an issue of critical importance for patient safety—how to improve the reprocessing of reusable medical devices, with solutions such as better device design, ...More
October 12, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Pediatric Device Inventors Awarded Funds to Design Child-Specific Medical Devices

Adapting adult medical devices to be used for children is a common but often problematic practice across U.S. hospitals. At the University of Michigan and U-M C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, pediatricians and researchers who care for children have been leading the charge to ...More
September 28, 2011
Posted in News
Costs, Mortality Skyrocket Following Infection in Cardiac Device Recipients

A new study finds that infections following cardiac device implantations or replacement result in extremely high costs, both financially and in terms of patient mortality, even months after affected patients return home. Infections associated with pacemakers and ...More
September 12, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Increase in Infection Rates in Patients with Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

New research from the Jefferson Heart Institute shows that patients in the United States who receive cardiac electrophysiological devices (CIEDs), including permanent pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are now at greater risk of contracting an ...More
August 22, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
FDA Must Invest in New Framework to Replace Flawed Medical Device Clearance Process

The Food and Drug Administration should gather the information needed to develop a new regulatory framework to replace the 35-year-old 510(k) clearance process for medical devices, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The 510(k) process lacks the legal basis to ...More
July 29, 2011
Posted in News
FDA to Seek Comment on IOM Recommendations to Improve Device Review Process

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces that it will open a public docket to begin receiving public comments on the Institute of Medicine (IOM)'s report on the 510(k) program, the most common pathway to market for lower-risk medical devices. The FDA commissioned ...More
July 29, 2011
Posted in News

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