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Ninety-three percent of sputum isolates from a single long-term care facility were resistant to quinolones. Epidemiologic study showed an association with prior receipt of levofloxacin.
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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has created a toolkit on improving influenza vaccination rates in heath care workers.
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According to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, these are the key strategies to establish a successful flu immunization program for health care workers.
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Spurred by historically poor flu immunization compliance in an age of patient safety, some powerful health care forces are converging to make the annual flu shot a new professional standard for health care workers.
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Get Ready For Influenza Season: What You Need to Know About the Threat, Diagnosis and Treatment, which will be held Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. EDT, will be presented by Benjamin Schwartz, MD, and Frederick Hayden, MD.
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The following patient safety goals of the Joint Commission were developed for home health care but may not apply to all areas of home health, says Maryanne L. Popovich, RN, MPH, executive director of the Joint Commission home care accreditation program.
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Medication safety, improved communications, and reduction of falls are among the new additions to the 2005 National Patient Safety Goals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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Fox Valley Hospice in Geneva, IL, receives more than $300,000 in donated goods and services each year for its annual garden party fundraising event.
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Fundraising is the lifeblood of Fox Valley Hospice in Geneva, IL, because the hospice is a free service hospice that does not contract with Medicare.
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Hospice families repeatedly report needing more education to help their dying loved one, according to the new satisfaction survey the Hospice of St. Marys in Leonardtown, MD, began using in January 2004.
