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Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Achieves Zero Infection Rate

Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston reports that it has not recorded a healthcare-acquired infection (HAI) in the top three at-risk areas for 14 consecutive months. The 251-bed hospital, part of the Methodist Hospital System, achieved a zero infection rate in ...More
December 13, 2010
Posted in News
Striving for Zero CLABSIs

In a new campaign, "I Believe in Zero CLABSIs," the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has teamed with patient safety expert Peter Pronovost, MD, of Johns Hopkins, to mobilize infection preventionists to prove that prevention is ...More
July 19, 2010
Posted in News
Lessons From Efforts to Halt HAIs

Johns Hopkins researcher argues that arrogance, lack of transparency stand in way of saving lives. ...More
July 13, 2010
Posted in News
Getting to Zero: Implications for Infection Prevention

Just how many infections are preventable? That’s the question with which every hospital grapples these days. While facilities are preventing more infections than ever before, the news still reports illnesses and deaths attributable to breaches in infection prevention ...More
October 15, 2009
Posted in Articles
CareFusion Launches New CA-BSI Prevention Web Site

As a market leader committed to educating the clinical community about patient and clinician safety, CareFusion is introducing the Getting to Zero BSI Web site to provide timely, evidence-based resources to help guide clinicians and their healthcare facilities and to speed ...More
August 25, 2009
Posted in News
Web Exclusive - Getting to Zero: Implications for Infection Prevention

Just how many infections are preventable? That’s the question with which every hospital grapples these days. While facilities are preventing more infections than ever before, the news still reports illnesses and deaths attributable to breaches in infection prevention ...More
July 16, 2009
Posted in Articles
Science-Based Strategies Take Aim at HAIs

For the first time, five healthcare leaders have collaborated to publish science-based strategies in a new compendium to help prevent the six most important healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The work is called the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent ...More
October 8, 2008
Posted in News
Is Your Alcohol Handrub as Professional as You Are?

Formal education, certification and on-the-job training contribute to the expertise of a healthcare professional. These dedicated staff members use many sources of scientifically based information to develop interventions that improve the quality of patient care. Many ...More
May 19, 2008
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
The 'Zero' Mentality: Is it Good for Infection Control?

"Getting to zero," the emerging drive to eliminate infections acquired in hospitals, is provoking much discussion in the healthcare community, ranging from concern that the approach is overly simplistic and potentially dangerous to praise that it is a motivating and worthy ...More
April 8, 2008
Posted in News
Recruitment, Retention and Respect: The Perioperative Nurse Community’s Challenge

ICT sat down with Mary Jo Steiert, RN, BSN, CNOR, outgoing president of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), to discuss the challenges and rewards of working in perioperative nursing. Q: What have you enjoyed about serving as AORN president? A: It’s ...More
March 1, 2008
Posted in Articles