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Infection preventionists should make sure their administrative leaders are aware in a collegial, non-confrontational way of course that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires top-level support for infection control programs, advises Connie Steed, RN, BSN, CIC, manager of infection control at the Greenville (SC) Hospital System.
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If you want employees to comply with sharps safety, then their supervisors have to require it. That is a strong message that emerged from a survey of paramedics related to bloodborne pathogen exposures.
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Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, argues the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
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"I have climbed Mount Rainier five times. Each time I made that tough trek, my risk of dying was about 100 times smaller than the risk I will face on the operating table." Don Berwick, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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In the latest move in its dramatically expanding oversight of health care associated infection (HAI) programs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is calling for hospitals to report central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) to ensure full reimbursement for care. With several infection-control initiatives underway, CMS is lining
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In countries endemic for malaria, young children often receive empiric antimalarial therapy for febrile illness, resulting in over treatment and expense.
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With antimicrobial resistance among clinical bacterial isolates becoming a greater problem with each passing year, the need for novel antibacterial agents has become more urgent than ever.
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The advisory committee on immunization practices (APIC) and the CDC have updated for the use of the 23 valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults.