Search results for "Infection Control"
Chlorhexidine bathing wasn't effective for preventing infections on the wards
One health system described an unsuccessful intervention to combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), while the CDC reported that overall declines in hospital-onset MRSA have slowed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/4.htm
13 Mar 2019
Hospital-level antibiotic use associated with rates of hospital-onset C. diff
Hospitals that significantly reduced use of all antibiotics, or specifically fluoroquinolones or third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, achieved decreases in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile, the retrospective study showed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/3.htm
13 Mar 2019
Fighting resistance in the ICU
Ongoing growth in antibiotic resistance has highlighted both the importance and the challenge of frontline stewardship.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/fighting-resistance-in-the-icu.htm
15 Mar 2019
Hospital cleaning bundle reduced incidence of health care-associated VRE infections
The intervention, which focused on staff training at 11 hospitals in Australia, reduced the number of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infections but did not change rates of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia or Clostridium difficile infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/20/3.htm
20 Mar 2019
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
Smoking cessation, hospital infections
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/in-the-news.htm
15 Apr 2019
Newly admitted patients' hands commonly contaminated with multidrug-resistant bacteria
While hand hygiene for clinicians is widely recognized as an important component of infection prevention, protocols for patient hand hygiene should also be considered, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/24/3.htm
24 Apr 2019
Rural telemedicine, staffing model
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2019
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
Anthrax checklist, email security
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2019