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2011 Year in Review: PPE and Standard Precautions

ICT celebrates the end of the year by bringing you a review of the top news items and articles from 2011 related to PPE and standard precautions. ...More
December 27, 2011
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Program Emphasizes Importance of Standard Precautions Observance

Researchers in France report on a program called StopRisk that emphasizes the importance of the implementation of standard precautions. StopRisk, a quality and security improvement initiative for healthcare establishments, began in 2009 and will continue through 2012. It ...More
July 19, 2011
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HCWs Can Protect Themselves With PPE, Standard Precautions Compliance

Researchers in Brazil sought to analyze the main occupational risks to which that healthcare professionals are subjected in their work activities, as well as explore measures that can prevent these accidents. Da Silva, et al. employed a method integrative review of the ...More
July 19, 2011
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Study Explores Nurses' Compliance With Standard Precautions

Nurses may acquire an infection during the provision of nursing care because of occupational exposure to microorganisms. Relevant literature reports that compliance with standard precautions (a set of guidelines that can protect healthcare professionals from being exposed ...More
January 24, 2011
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CAP Publication Offers Phlebotomy Fundamentals, Covers Standard Precautions

In clinical laboratories, a safe work environment and appropriate training reduce the risk of accidents, infections and trauma. The fact that 800,000 healthcare workers report needlesticks or sharp-object injuries annually is staggering. To address this, the CAP Press ...More
November 2, 2010
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Universal Contact Precautions More Effective for Preventing MRSA Infection in the ICU

Researchers, in a poster presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), suggest that universal contact precautions -- including the requirement that anyone caring for or visiting a MRSA patient must wear gloves and a gown -- were ...More
October 26, 2010
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Observing Standard Precautions Can Help Prevent Outbreaks

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of liver chronic diseases all over the world; in developed countries the highest prevalence of infection is reported among intravenous drug users and hemodialysis patients. Lanini, et al. (2010) sought to identify the pathway of ...More
August 31, 2010
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Contact Precautions' Role in Fighting HAIs is Debated

Can aggressive isolation practices and contact precautions make a significant impact on infection rates? ...More
July 27, 2010
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2010 National Patient Safety Goals Announced

The Joint Commission is making available pre-publication versions of the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals; these goals do not include scoring information, service applicability, or final editorial changes that may be made. Final versions of the NPSGs will be posted on the ...More
September 11, 2009
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Donning and Removing PPE for Infection Prevention

The demands on healthcare personnel (HCP) are extraordinary, but the importance of attention to personal protection cannot be underestimated. By way of example, a cluster of 17 SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) cases among Canadian HCP in 2003 was studied. Among ...More
July 23, 2009
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