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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

Yeast of burden

Five things to know about Candida auris.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/candida-auris.htm
15 Mar 2017

COVID-19 outcomes, prevalence, and testing analyzed in latest research

Two studies report outcomes of patients hospitalized in the U.S., the CDC focuses on incidence among the homeless, and the FDA warns about antibody testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/29/2.htm
29 Apr 2020

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

COVID-19 in community hospitals

Hospitalists describe the steps they've taken to prepare for the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/covid-19-in-community-hospitals.htm
15 Apr 2020

Answers and even more questions on COVID-19 vaccines

In a fourth forum from ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine, infectious disease experts Carlos del Rio, MD, FACP, Paul Sax, MD, and Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, FACP, discussed COVID-19 vaccines and their implementation, as well as other aspects of the pandemic response.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/31/1.htm
31 Mar 2021

Relaxing MRSA precautions during pandemic associated with higher infection rate

Veterans Affairs hospitals that abandoned active surveillance and contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) had significantly higher rates of hospital-acquired MRSA than those that continued the measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/12/relaxing-mrsa-precautions-during-pandemic-associated-with-higher-infection-rate.htm
12 Jul 2023

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

COVID-19 coverage to help you and your patients

This issue offers tips on physician wellness and infection control, as well as a focus on addiction in inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jul 2020

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

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