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ICT News Desk: Gender Differences in Infections

A new study from Columbia University School of Nursing supports a growing body of evidence that women are less likely to contract bloodstream or surgical site infections than their male counterparts. The study was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. ...More

6 days ago

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ICT News Desk: RN Staffing Legislation

The American Nurses Association says it applauds the introduction of federal legislation that empowers registered nurses to drive staffing decisions in hospitals to protect patients and improve the quality of care. The Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2013, crafted ...More

May 16, 2013

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ICT News Desk: Patient Safety Survey

Maximizing patient safety is a top priority for hospital executives and risk managers but a lack of teamwork, negative culture and poor communication present barriers to patient safety in the future according to a new survey commissioned by AIG. ...More

May 5, 2013

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ICT News Desk: Avian Influenza Update

Public health officials in China and in the United States continue to monitor as many as 50 cases of human infection with a novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus from four different provinces in China. All patients were hospitalized with severe respiratory illness, and 11 ...More

April 18, 2013

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ICT News Desk: C. diff Survey Shows Improvement Still Needed

Activities to stop the spread of superbug C. diff are on the rise, but they are not yielding large improvements, according to a nationwide survey of infection preventionists conducted by APIC. ...More

March 21, 2013

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ICT News Desk: Staph Infections are Seasonal

Strains of potentially deadly, antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria show seasonal infection preferences, putting children at greater risk in summer and seniors at greater risk in winter, according to results of a new nationwide study led by a Johns Hopkins ...More

March 11, 2013

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ICT News Desk: New CDC Report Shows Progress Against Certain HAIs

Hospitals in the U.S. continue to make progress in the fight against central line-associated bloodstream infections and some surgical site infections, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...More

February 22, 2013

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