Search results for "Infection Control"
Recent Research
Urinalysis orders, resistant infections, molecular C. diff testing, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2015
Maintain vigilance for MERS
Updated criteria, expert advice on when to suspect Middle East respiratory syndrome.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/MERS.htm
15 Oct 2015
Mandatory flu vaccines work but can raise issues for workers
More hospitals requiring flu shots for health care workers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/mandatory-flu-vaccine.htm
15 Oct 2015
Barrier precautions used inconsistently during arterial catheter insertion, survey finds
Thirty-nine percent of ICU clinicians supported mandatory full barrier precautions during peripheral arterial catheter insertion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/19/1.htm
19 Aug 2015
Stressing about superbugs
Experts discuss crisis of antimicrobial resistance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/antimicrobial-resistance.htm
15 Aug 2015
Models show state-wide coordination could prevent many resistant infections
Individual hospitals' efforts to fight carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae will be significantly less effective than a collaborative effort among a network of hospitals and nursing homes, according to a study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/12/2.htm
12 Aug 2015
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
More hand-hygiene strategies produce better results for hospitals, review finds
The World Health Organization's 5-component strategy improves hand hygiene compliance, especially if incentives, goal setting, or accountability are added to an intervention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/05/3.htm
5 Aug 2015
Recent Research
Lower-extremity revascularization in nursing home residents, guidance on contact precautions for hospital visitors, treatment in-hospital strokes versus community-onset strokes, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2015
How to test for, and isolate, TB in the hospital
Although his session was titled “TB in the Hospital,” pulmonary specialist Dean Schraufnagel, MD, began by noting that most tuberculosis patients are treated outside the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/06/3.htm
6 May 2015