Search results for "Infection control"
Updated guidelines issued on post-HIV-exposure prophylaxis
Health care workers with any occupational exposure to HIV should immediately use a post-exposure prophylaxis regimen comprising three or more antiretroviral drugs, according to updated guidelines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/08/14/1.htm
14 Aug 2013
Smoking cessation, hospital infections
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/in-the-news.htm
15 Apr 2019
Antibiotics may not benefit inpatients with catheters and bacteriuria
Bacteriuria infrequently leads to bacteremia in hospitalized patients, and antibiotic treatment of bacteriuria doesn't seem to affect mortality outcomes, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/23/1.htm
23 Oct 2013
Updated C. difficile guidelines address changes in disease strain, drug efficacy
Updated C. difficile guidelines address changes in disease strain, drug efficacyStudies examine ABCD2 score for stroke risk prediction
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/31/1.htm
31 Mar 2010
Beyond the bundle: Innovative ways to prevent VAP in the intensive care unit
Legislators, payers and quality-of-care advocates across the nation are considering requiring hospitals to report ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates as a way to benchmark quality of care and penalize poor performers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/vap.htm
15 Dec 2007
Getting with the C. difficile guidelines
Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Ohio improved C. diff treatment by instituting a formal stewardship initiative.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/success.htm
15 Apr 2014
Infective endocarditis risk increased after many types of medical procedures
The findings could warrant reconsideration of prophylactic antibiotics for some patients, according to the study authors, who also called for assessment of the costs and benefits of elective procedures for patients at high risk of endocarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/13/2.htm
13 Jun 2018
Recent Research
Hand hygiene, the July effect, migraines and stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/rr.htm
15 Feb 2014
Recommendations on preventing surgical-site infections updated
The latest recommendations from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America lowered the recommended postoperative target glucose level from less than 180 mg/dL to between 110 and 150 mg/dL, among other changes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/recommendations-on-preventing-surgical-site-infections-updated.htm
10 May 2023
Facility-level antibiotic use associated with C. difficile rates in long-term care
Importation of C. difficile was three times more common in long-term care than in acute care, leading the study authors to recommend better coordination of infection control across settings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/14/3.htm
14 Jun 2017