Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – November 1, 2008
November 1, 2008
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Joint Commission: New IP compendium guidelines on track to become standards
The Joint Commission has strongly endorsed recently issued compendium infection prevention guidelines, announcing that the condensed, actionable recommendations may become required as accreditation standards by 2010. -
Grass roots and the C-suite: Two forces drive compendium
With the recent release of landmark compendium guidelines for prevention of six major health care-associated infections (HAIs), the immediate question is whether these practical, "actionable" guidelines will result in real action. -
Infection prevention is everyone's business
The condensed guidelines in the recently issued compendium for six major infections emphasize administrative responsibility to provide the resources and infrastructure to make the prevention of health care-associated infections (HAIs) a reality. In this landmark new document at least, infection prevention really is everyone's business. -
Make patient the focus in meeting CMS regs
Infection preventionists should continue to make patients their medical and moral compass amid a tightening regulatory environment that includes reimbursement reductions. -
Readers Write: Shift emphasis from surveillance to action
Concerns regarding patient safety have produced numerous pieces of new legislation focused on infection control surveillance and reporting of antibiotic-resistant organisms in healthcare facilities nationwide. -
iP Newbe: Georgetown-bound: New challenge for 'post-9/11' IP
Sometimes you have to work fast to keep up with a new infection preventionist in career transition. -
Wisdom Teachers: Great expectations: IPs enter field of opportunity
As infection prevention enters a new era of transparency, regulatory activity, and consumer activism, unprecedented demands are being placed on a profession that long labored in relative obscurity.