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Updated Guidelines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza in Schools Offer Many Options

Updated federal guidelines offer state and local public health and school officials a range of options for responding to 2009 H1N1 influenza in schools, depending on how severe the flu may be in their communities. The guidance says officials should balance the risk of flu ...More
August 7, 2009
Posted in News
Final WHO Hand Hygiene Guideline Available

The final, revised and updated version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care is now available. To access this document, CLICK HERE. To access the Guide to Implementation of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy, ...More
July 15, 2009
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Behavioral Issues Drive Hand Hygiene Compliance

Since the age of Ignaz Semmelweiss, healthcare practitioners have been admonished to cleanse their hands before coming in contact with patients. While common sense dictated hand hygiene for decades, it wasn’t until 1981 that the Centers for Disease Control and ...More
May 28, 2009
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
Updated WHO Guidelines Support Multi-Modal Approach to Hand Hygiene Compliance

Hand hygiene compliance is recognized as “one of the most important ways to reduce the transmission of pathogens in healthcare settings”1 and by inference, reduces the occurrence or healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Although the Centers for Disease ...More
May 28, 2009
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
The Translation of Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines to Reduce CRBSIs: Does Ambiguity Play a Role?

The increased attention to patient safety in healthcare facilities has been driven by regulatory agencies, advocacy groups, litigators and most importantly, the patients themselves. This attention has been welcomed by infection preventionists who focus on the improvement of ...More
May 27, 2009
Posted in Articles
Hand Hygiene Monograph Released by The Joint Commission

To help healthcare organizations target their efforts in measuring hand hygiene performance, The Joint Commission is releasing “Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence: Overcoming the Challenges.” The ...More
May 1, 2009
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
CDC Releases Guidelines to Assist With Swine Flu Precautions

The Centers for Disease Control has issued several guidance documents to assist healthcare professionals with the management of potential swine flu cases: Interim Guidance on Specimen Collection and Processing for Patients with Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus ...More
April 28, 2009
Posted in News
Updated Guidelines for HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections Released

The first complete update in five years of the U.S. guidelines for preventing and treating HIV-associated opportunistic infections has been released by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in cooperation with the HIV Medicine ...More
April 16, 2009
Posted in News