Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – October 1, 2015
October 1, 2015
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Legionella Infections Surge and the CDC Revises its Guidance
Several issues are on the table, including the task of beginning outbreak investigations earlier based on a single confirmed infection.
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CDC, FDA sound alarm on recurrent problems in reprocessing
Warning that continuing infection control lapses are endangering patients, the CDC and the FDA recently issued a joint alert calling for healthcare facilities to review policies and practices in cleaning and processing reusable medical devices.
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APIC: IPs should use bold new ANA vaccine statement to open discussion of APIC policies
Infection prevention leaders say the field has been given a critical opportunity to open vaccine policy discussions and improve both patient and worker safety by the surprisingly strong stance recently taken by the American Nurses Association.
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Measles can cause costly chaos even if no transmission occurs
Considering everything that went absolutely wrong — and that’s a lot — it’s something of a minor miracle that more than 1,000 people were exposed to measles in May 2014 at Inova Health System in Fairfax, VA, without a single case of transmission. Not one.
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CDC issues core elements for antibiotic stewardship in nursing homes
It’s no exaggeration to say that antibiotic stewardship programs in nursing homes will literally save lives.