Search results for "Health care-associated infections"
Research and other passions of hospitalists
This issue looks at hospitalist investigators, mid-career satisfaction, hospital-acquired infections, and medical eponyms, among other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 May 2021
Hand hygiene recommendations released
Several professional societies, including the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, recently released recommendations on preventing health care-associated infections through hand hygiene.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/23/1.htm
23 Jul 2014
Pneumonia therapies, hospital flu spread, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2020
Review evaluates evidence for wipes, UV, and other hospital cleaning methods
Only 11% of environmental cleaning studies were randomized controlled trials, and few focused on outcomes like patient infection or colonization, a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/12/3.htm
12 Aug 2015
Home care vs. SNF, sepsis mortality
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2019
Reintubation rates lower with noninvasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen than standard therapy
The results of these 2 studies add to the accumulating evidence that noninvasive approaches have a role in reducing respiratory failure and need for reintubation, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/23/1.htm
23 Mar 2016
Therapeutic hypothermia, HAI network, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2020
In the News
Physician-owned vs. non-physician-owned hospitals, evidence on cleaning methods, barrier precautions during arterial catheter insertion, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2015
Recent Research
Medication safety assessment, international gout guidelines, statins and intracerebral hemorrhage, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/rr.htm
15 May 2014
Adverse events found in nearly 1 in 4 hospital admissions
In a retrospective cohort study using a random sample of admissions at 11 hospitals in Massachusetts, clinicians judged 22.7% of adverse events to be preventable and 32.3% to be serious or worse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/adverse-events-found-in-nearly-1-in-4-hospital-admissions.htm
18 Jan 2023