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HHS Reports "Little Progress" in HAI Reduction

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Department and its Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) today issued its 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report, and among the findings, it noted that "very little progress" has been made on eliminating healthcare-acquired ...More
April 15, 2010
Posted in News
Healthcare Volunteers and Disasters: First, Be Prepared

A surge in volunteers following a major disaster can overwhelm a response system, and without overall coordination, can actually make a situation worse instead of better. The outpouring of medical volunteers who responded to the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti in ...More
February 24, 2010
Posted in News
Perforated Surgical Gloves Associated With Surgical Site Infection Risk

Surgical gloves that develop holes or leaks during a procedure appear to increase the risk of infection at the surgical site among patients who are not given antibiotics beforehand, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Surgery.Despite substantial efforts ...More
June 15, 2009
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Report Says Almost 100,000 Surgical Patients Didn’t Get the Right Infection Prevention Care

A new report released today by Consumers Union found that hospitals have made progress following certain surgical infection prevention practices, but that too many patients aren’t getting the right care needed to keep them safe. At a minimum, almost 100,000 patients ...More
April 27, 2009
Posted in News