Government agencies and professional organizations are helping ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) integrate infection control practices to help move the dial on surgical site infections (SSIs).
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Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are preventable. Yet despite ongoing surveillance, rigorous protocols and well-researched policies, HAI’s still occur in one in twenty patients, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC notes that surgical site infections remain the most common HAI, affecting 1 in 50 patients.
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Two patients were released on the morning of April 3, 2014 from the Ebola isolation ward at Donka national teaching hospital, having spent seven days in the isolation ward after testing positive for Ebola virus. Having been free of symptoms for three days and testing negative, they were allowed to re-join their family and friends. There are still six patients who remain in isolation.
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