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Guidelines

Many Recommendations Within Practice Guidelines Not Supported by High-Quality Evidence

More than half of the recommendations in current practice guidelines for infectious disease specialists are based on opinions from experts rather than on evidence from clinical trials, according to a report in the Jan. 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. “During the ...More
January 10, 2011
Posted in News
IDSA Announces First Treatment Guidelines for MRSA

Physicians now have help in their battle against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a potentially deadly infection that initially was limited to hospitals and healthcare facilities but has become a growing problem in healthy children and adults. The ...More
January 5, 2011
Posted in News
Guidance for Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli is Released

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has developed "Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Healthcare Workers in All Healthcare Settings Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative Bacilli" to provide instruction in the management of patients colonized or ...More
December 6, 2010
Posted in News
Guidelines for Evaluating New Technologies for Infection Control

Some people enjoy evaluating new technologies – and sometimes it is part of their job description and they are overwhelmed by all the possibilities of products to review. Often the first person to evaluate a new technology or solution for an infection control-related ...More
November 30, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
International Guidelines to Protect Health Workers Against HIV and TB are Issued

Health workers are at the frontline in providing prevention, treatment and care for people living with HIV and TB throughout the world. They are at risk of occupational exposure to HIV and TB but often themselves lack adequate access to protection and treatment. To address ...More
November 24, 2010
Posted in News
New Clinical Practice Guideline May Help Reduce the Pain of Childhood Immunization

A new evidence-based clinical practice guideline will help doctors, healthcare providers and parents reduce the pain and distress of immunization in children, states an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). Immunization injections are the most common ...More
November 23, 2010
Posted in News
Survey Shows One-Third of HCWs Don't Follow Evidence-Based Guidelines for Skin Antisepsis

A survey released today of 1,500 hospital-based healthcare professionals reveals that 33 percent report they do not follow evidence-based guidelines and data for patient skin antisepsis. This finding is especially surprising given that the survey, which was conducted by ...More
November 15, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Experts Cite Need to Support High-Quality Research to Strengthen Evidence for Guideline Formulation

Abdur Rahman Khan, of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and colleagues assert in the latest issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases that there is an urgent need to support high ‐ quality ...More
November 3, 2010
Posted in News
Updated Surgical Attire Recommended Practice Takes Stronger Stance, Nixes Home Laundering

Although it has always recommended institution laundering of surgical attire, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is unequivocal on this position in its newly revised Recommended Practices for Surgical Attire, due for release this month. ...More
October 19, 2010
Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions
Updated Flu Guidance Has New Data About H1N1, Recommends Masks Over Respirators for Routine Care

The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota is reporting on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s recently issued new guidance for preventing flu in healthcare settings. This new guidance document reflects ...More
September 21, 2010
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions