Search results for "Infection prevention"
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
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
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
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
Screening for C. diff on admission
A surgical service found screening for carriers reduced hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/success-story-screening-for-c-diff-on-admission.htm
15 Sep 2018
New guidelines issued on contact precautions for C. diff, resistant infections
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America advises discontinuing contact precautions after obtaining between one and three negative cultures in certain cases of drug-resistant infections, among other recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/24/2.htm
24 Jan 2018
Opioid disposal, medication cost alerts, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/recent-research.htm
15 Dec 2017
Is your antimicrobial stewardship program ready for a survey?
Experts at IDWeek offered some lessons learned during the first year of The Joint Commission's antimicrobial stewardship standard for acute care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/conference-coverage-antimicrobial-stewardship-survey.htm
15 Dec 2017
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
Hospitalists on high alert as colistin resistance spreads
The science behind the superbug headlines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/colistin-resistance.htm
15 Sep 2016