Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – October 1, 2012
October 1, 2012
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Special Report: CUSP Culture Change
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Beyond the checklist: CUSP slashes infection rates 40%
The successful use of checklists to prevent central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) has been highly publicized, in part because of the sheer novelty of using a simple solution to solve a highly complex problem. -
Got culture change? CUSP tools can transform safety
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has created a website with a wealth of tools to help hospitals set up the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP). -
'Serial infector' charged in hospital HCV outbreak
It began as an infection control nightmare in New Hampshire, but it didn't stop there. A medical technician who worked in the cardiac catheterization lab in Exeter Hospital in Nashua was charged with diverting drugs and reusing the syringes on patients. -
Do childhood vaccines protect young HCWs?
In the age of safer needles, vaccination and prophylaxis, the risk of hepatitis B among health care workers has dropped dramatically, from a high of about 12,000 cases a year in the 1980s to 203 reported acute cases from 2005 to 2010. -
iP Newbe: Networking: The only thing missing is you
It is almost surreal that I' ve been in infection prevention and control (IP&C) since January 1990. -
iP Newbe: We can be heroes
Meet Christie Chapman, BSN, RN, CPAN. A California hospital infection preventionist for scarcely more than a year, she is plenty smart enough to recognize the truth when she reads it. As in the quote above from a blog by an IP with more than three decades of experience.