Healthcare-Acquired Infections (HAIS)

Columbia Nursing Study Finds Women Less at Risk Than Men for HAIs

A new study from Columbia University School of Nursing supports a growing body of evidence that women are less likely to contract bloodstream or surgical site infections than their male counterparts. Researchers investigated the incidence of infection in thousands of ...More
3 weeks ago
Posted in News
New Wisconsin HAI Report Shows Improvements in 2012

The Wisconsin Division of Public Health’s annual Healthcare-Associated Infections Prevention Program report shows more healthcare facilities in the state met or exceeded the national standard for many infection rates in 2012. CLABSI SIR among reporting facilities was 0.44, ...More
May 5, 2013
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New Hampshire HAI Report Shows Improvements in 2011

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) released the 2011 Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Report based on data from the 31 hospitals in the state. Overall, statewide infection rates are showing ...More
April 15, 2013
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Despite Decline in HAIs Consumers Union Says More Effort Needed to Protect Patients

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the number of central line-associated bloodstream infections in hospitals nationwide has been reduced markedly. More modest reductions have been achieved in certain surgical site infections and ...More
February 12, 2013
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Hospitals Report Reductions in Some Types of HAIs

Hospitals in the U.S. continue to make progress in the fight against central line-associated bloodstream infections and some surgical site infections, according to a report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Catheter-associated urinary ...More
February 11, 2013
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
National Awards to Recognize Best Practices in Reducing or Eliminating HAIs

Teams of critical care professionals and healthcare institutions with a record of reducing or eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are encouraged to submit their best practices to a national awards program. In the third year of this three-year initiative, the ...More
December 5, 2012
Posted in News, Policies and Practice
SHEA President Blogs About Behavior Change in Healthcare to Break Old Habits, Prevent HAIs

Today on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Safe Healthcare Blog, SHEA president Jan Patterson, MD, MS, discusses the importance of breaking old habits that contribute to healthcare-associated infections. She emphasizes that, although change is never ...More
October 25, 2012
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Research to Analyze Acquired Infection Data on Tele-ICUs Compared to Hospitals

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded assistant research professor Lesly Kelly, PhD, RN, of the College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University (ASU), a two-year grant to study how tele-ICU systems affect hospital-acquired ...More
October 4, 2012
Posted in News
Progress Reported in Tackling Initial, Recurrent HAIs

Surgeons are making progress toward preventing initial and recurrent episodes of Clostridium difficile colitis, a vicious bacterial infection that is estimated to affect about 336,000 people each year, typically patients on antibiotics. Using mouse models, researchers at ...More
October 4, 2012
Posted in News
Proper Use of Healthcare Disinfectants: The Implications Associated with Off-Label Use of Disinfectants

Learn more about the proper use of healthcare disinfectants and the implications associated with off-label use. Dr. Garrett, the featured speaker, will provide a methodical approach for Infection Preventionists and Environmental Services Professionals to properly and ...More
September 28, 2012
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