Search results for "Infection prevention"
Do's and don'ts for personal protective equipment
Training is needed to break the common habits that can increase infection risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/dos-and-donts-for-personal-protective-equipment.htm
15 Oct 2018
Review evaluates hospitals' efforts to combat spread of carbapenem-resistant organisms
Researchers reviewed studies of infection prevention and control measures targeting Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including contact precautions, active surveillance cultures, and monitoring, audit, and feedback.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/05/4.htm
5 Dec 2018
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
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
Electronic registry of CRE carriers may help reduce regional spread, modeling study finds
Hospital participation in an electronic public health registry of patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) may help reduce the number of new carriers and region-wide prevalence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/22/3.htm
22 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
Telemedicine, from both sides now
Hospitalists both give and receive support through the screen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/telemedicine-from-both-sides-now.htm
15 Aug 2019
Interns' days, patients' hands
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2019
Working together to stop superbugs
Regional efforts track patients with drug-resistant organisms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/working-together-to-stop-superbugs.htm
15 Sep 2019