Search results for "Infection Control"
Common curbside consults in infectious disease
Most popular questions revealed at UCSF conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/conference2.htm
15 Jan 2015
Updated guidelines on preventing bloodstream infections released
Updated guidelines for preventing intravascular catheter-related infections were jointly released last week by more than a dozen governmental agencies and professional organizations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/20/1.htm
20 Apr 2011
Strokes in COVID-19
Learn what experts and the evidence have found so far.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/strokes-in-covid-19.htm
15 Aug 2020
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
Update issued on VAP prevention strategies
An update was released last week on strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/23/3.htm
23 Jul 2014
Tools to fight COVID-19: Ventilator management
It's time to cram on managing mechanical ventilation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/time-to-cram-on-ventilator-management.htm
15 May 2020
Hand hygiene recommendations released
Several professional societies, including the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, recently released recommendations on preventing health care-associated infections through hand hygiene.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/23/1.htm
23 Jul 2014
Preop meds, resuscitation champions, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2021
Arterial and central venous catheters carry similar infection risk
OxyContin redesigned to reduce risk of abuse
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/14/5.htm
14 Apr 2010
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