Search results for "Infection Control"
Wiping out surgical site infections
Protocols and preparation are key.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/key.htm
15 Aug 2007
Watchful eyes make for clean hands
Greater Baltimore Medical Center used signed pledges and volunteer auditors to dramatically improve hand hygiene rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/success.htm
15 Feb 2010
Measles outbreak report describes potentially avoidable consequences
The course of the largest health care-associated measles outbreak in the post-elimination era offers lessons in outbreak preparedness for other hospitals, according to a new report.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/04/2.htm
4 May 2011
Health care groups update guidelines for preventing MRSA, CLABSI in hospitals
Several organizations released joint guidelines last week for preventing the incidence and spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/18/1.htm
18 Jun 2014
Doctor, don't be a hero: Getting VAP to zero takes teamwork
Giving up a little of his traditional role in ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention has paid off in a lighter workload and better patient outcomes for one hospitalist at Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, Ind.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/vap.htm
15 Sep 2007
Aiming for zero
Five years ago, when a surgeon told staff at Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pa., that a central line infection (CLI) could contribute to a patient's death, it made them even more determined to find and resolve the problems—both clinical and cultural—that stood in the way of preventing infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/aim-zero.htm
15 Jun 2007
How (and why) to clean a stethoscope
Research has found that stethoscopes harbor microbes and that many clinicians never clean theirs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/how-and-why-to-clean-a-stethoscope.htm
15 Apr 2019
COVID-19 research focuses on nosocomial transmission, risk stratification, vaccines
Recent studies showed that the risk of catching SARS-CoV-2 in a hospital is low for patients and varies by job and preventive measures for health care workers. A model and a serology study identified patients with worse outcomes from COVID-19. Vaccine studies were positive, but concerns arose about safety.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/16/1.htm
16 Sep 2020
How COVID-19 changed end-of-life care
Hospitalists have had to find new strategies during the pandemic in order to provide optimal care, including company and comfort, to dying inpatients and their families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/free/how-covid-19-changed-end-of-life-care.htm
12 Jan 2022
Hospital found little C. difficile transmission after discontinuing contact precautions
Hospital personnel still wore disposable gloves for all body substance contact, and infected patients used dedicated toilets. The patients stayed in rooms with 2 to 4 beds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/23/1.htm
23 Nov 2016