Infection Control Today - Hospital-Acquired Infections

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

Trauma Surgeon Develops Multidisciplinary Protocol to Eliminate VAP

Critically ill patients on a breathing tube are at risk not only from their injuries or diseases, but also from infections they can contract in the hospital. One of the most common infections is pneumonia from breathing tubes. A study of a new multidisciplinary protocol ...More

October 6, 2010

Posted in News

Hospital Infections Boost Use of In Vitro Diagnostic Tests, Report Finds

Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) remain a problem for the healthcare system, and a problem in which new diagnostic products can play a role, according to Kalorama Information. In its report, "The Worldwide Market for In Vitro Diagnostic Tests," the healthcare market ...More

September 30, 2010

Posted in News

Postoperative High Blood Sugar Appears to be Associated With SSIs

High blood glucose levels after surgery may be an important risk factor for infection at the surgical site in patients having general surgery, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Surgery. Surgical site infection accounts for 14 percent to 17 percent ...More

September 20, 2010

Posted in News

Teleflex Announces FDA Clearance of Its Pressure Injectable PICC with Chlorag+ard Technology

Teleflex Incorporated announces that it has received 510(k) market clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s ArrowEVOLUTION™ PICC with Chlorag+ard™ technology, a peripherally inserted central catheter with a chlorhexedine-based solution that ...More

September 14, 2010

Posted in News

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