As APIC assembles thousands of infection preventionists in Charlotte, NC June 11-13 for its annual conference, an IP with 20 years experience in the rapidly changing field will deliver the 2016 presidential address.
We often hear of inappropriate antibiotic use, including the wrong drug for the bug, the wrong duration of therapy, and the failure to scale down from a broad spectrum drug once the etiology of an infection is determined. But what if you took almost a third of your drug formulary and hurled it out the window, where it will do nothing except help kill off susceptible bacteria in the environment and select out resistant strains?
Medical detectives with the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service are warning infection preventionists and their colleagues not to place solid-organ transplant patients in negative pressure isolation rooms.
As previously reported in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention, the spread of Zika virus in the U.S. calls for rigorous compliance with standard precautions and sharps safety in healthcare settings.
