Search results for "Infection Control"
CDC issues interim guidance on measles infection control and prevention in health care
New government guidance covers what is acceptable evidence of immunity to measles and how to respond if health care personnel are exposed to the disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/31/4.htm
31 Jul 2019
Service animals in the hospital
Service animals play a crucial role in the lives of many people with a disability, but uncertainties abound when they're brought into hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/17/service-animals-in-the-hospital.htm
17 Jul 2024
Bye-bye, CLABSI. Hello, HOB.
Experts explain the CDC's new quality metric, hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia (HOB), which will look more broadly at health care-associated infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/03/bye-bye-clabsi-hello-hob.htm
3 Jul 2024
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
NSTEMI algorithm, metabolic acidemia, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2019
PICCs don't reduce inpatient bloodstream infections compared to CVCs
Bloodstream infection rates were similar in inpatients who received peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and central venous catheters (CVCs), a recent meta-analysis concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/14/2.htm
14 Aug 2013
Outsmarting MRSA
An infectious diseases specialist offers advice on drugs and strategies to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/01/outsmarting-mrsa.htm
1 May 2024
Most C. diff infections tied to health care exposure
Nearly all Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) are associated with health care exposure, though actual CDI onset most often occurs in non-hospital settings, according to a new report.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/14/4.htm
14 Mar 2012
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
Is it time to end routine catheter replacement?
Recent research may change practice nationwide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/catheter.htm
15 Jan 2013