HAIs

Infection prevention and control departments have responsibility and oversight for implementing and monitoring strategies that help reduce infection risk throughout healthcare facilities. Infection preventionists are often asked to weigh in on strategies that are unfamiliar to them. In the perioperative setting, a proven and effective approach in helping fight surgical site infections is maintaining normothermia.

ICT presents its 2011 survey results highlighting common infection control-related breaches in the operating room.

In late 2010, a global group called out sepsis for what it is: a medical emergency beyond national boarders. The Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) which represents about 250,000 intensive and critical care physicians around the world is urging healthcare providers, patients and policymakers in every nation to treat sepsis as a medical priority.