Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016
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Infections Are At Risk Of Becoming Unpreventable
A warning flag of the post-antibiotic era signals urgency for much needed action on drug stewardship.
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Think global, act local
Antibiotic resistance is an exploding global problem that individual nations must face to preserve the dwindling arsenal of infection-fighting drugs, according to a new report by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy in Washington, D.C.
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CMS targets infection control in care transitions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues to expand its regulatory reach in infection control, recently announcing a pilot project to assess the infection risks during transitions of care between hospitals and nursing homes.
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Ebola survivors suffer lingering symptoms
U.S. healthcare workers who survived Ebola after acquiring it from patients have suffered a wide variety of symptoms and maladies, with only one survivor considered symptom-free at five months after discharge, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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HCV infections in Utah hospitals linked to drug diverter
Two Utah hospitals have notified thousands of patients that they may have been exposed to hepatitis C virus linked to an infected nurse with a history of drug diversion.
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APIC: Proposed changes to human research rule could have unintended consequences
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology warns that proposed revisions to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects – the “Common Rule” – may have unintended consequences if infection prevention research is not excluded from approval by IRBs.
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IPs must be involved in construction at the onset
New construction and renovation in hospitals and other healthcare settings can pose an infectious threat to patients via dust and contaminated water, but infection preventionists may not be called into a project until its final stages.
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Nursing leader: Nurse-to-nurse hostility may go back to ancient competition for men
In a gender-loaded assessment that might be labeled sexist if stated by a man, a female nursing leader says the field’s “bullying” culture may have its roots in the ancient competition among women for male mates.