Infection Control Today - Hospital-Acquired Infections

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

Claims Data Lacks Accuracy, Consistency Needed to Inform Nonpayment or Hospital Comparisons

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) limits payment for key "preventable" complicating conditions acquired during hospital stay. The claims data is used to deny payment, and the data is reported publicly so that hospitals can be compared by complication ...More

September 4, 2012

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Vitamin D Has the Potential to Reduce the Risk of Hospital-Acquired Infections

A paper recently published in Dermato-Endocrinology (Youssef et al., 2012) indicates that raising vitamin D concentrations among hospital patients has the potential to greatly reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections. Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a leading ...More

July 5, 2012

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Researchers Advise Classification of Community Onset BSI Into Separate CA and HCA Categories

Bloodstream infections (BSI) have been traditionally classified as either community-acquired (CA) or hospital-acquired (HA) in origin. However, a third category of healthcare-associated (HCA) community onset disease has been increasingly recognized. The objective of a study ...More

April 9, 2012

Posted in News

Light Technology to Combat Hospital Infections

A pioneering lighting system that can kill hospital superbugs – including MRSA and C.diff – has been developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. The technology decontaminates the air and exposed surfaces by bathing them in a narrow ...More

November 15, 2010

Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization

Medline Signs Agreement With the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare

Medline Industries, Inc. announces that it has signed an agreement with the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare to contribute financially to the Center's Endowment Fund. The Center for Transforming Healthcare was developed to help solve healthcare's most ...More

November 8, 2010

Posted in News

Medline Funds Grants Aimed at Reducing Risks Associated With Hospital-Acquired Conditions

Medline Industries, Inc. announces today that it is funding 10 new research projects in its second round of Prevention Above All Discoveries Grants focused on reducing the medical risks and harms associated with hospital-acquired conditions. To date the program has provided ...More

November 1, 2010

Posted in News

Elderly Women at Higher Risk for Unnecessary Urinary Catheterization, Study Says

Elderly women are at high risk for inappropriate urinary catheter utilization in emergency departments, according to a new study in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. The study was conducted at St John Hospital and Medical Center, a 769-bed ...More

November 1, 2010

Posted in News

IV Connectors Studied for Preventing Bacterial Growth

Two IV needleless connectors made by RyMed Technologies outperformed other connectors in suppressing bacteria known to cause catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI), according to a poster presentation at the 2010 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research. ...More

October 11, 2010

Posted in News

Institutions Measure Bloodstream Infection Rates Differently

A new study looking at how hospitals identify pediatric patients who develop catheter-associated bloodstream infections (CA-BSI) found significant inconsistencies in the methods used to report the number of patients who develop them. The study, led by Matthew Niedner, MD, ...More

October 8, 2010

Posted in News

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