Bacterial Infections
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CMS doc outlines HAI prevention efforts
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Q&A: The passion of Denise Murphy
Everyday people tell their story about loved ones lost to infections. -
Beyond flu, SHEA calls for vaccine mandates
Targeting HCWs for all ACIP recommended shots -
'Passive payer' no more: New CMS requirements hitting hospital budgets
A broad array of new federal regulations on health care associated infections (HAIs) continue to come on line in 2014 and beyond, tying infection prevention more directly to the hospital bottom line than at any time in the field's history. -
The battler: CRE can't beat an indomitable spirit
Of all the motivations to become an infectious disease doctor, this is one of the more unusual paths taken: lose most of one leg and nearly all of your life to a series of recurrent near pan-resistant bacterial infections that you've finally fought into remission but still have a 30% chance of coming back and trying to kill you. -
CDC trying to rein in antibiotic use in LTC
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CMS questions during a nursing home survey
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New era of infection prevention in long term
For years scarce data on health care associated infections in long term care has been extrapolated from small studies and published reports, but a new era of infection prevention is opening that may eventually produce the kind of benchmarking and national comparative HAI rates used in hospitals. -
CDC: 'The game has changed' on looming antibiotic resistant bugs
Pick your poison: Hypervirulent KPC, untreatable E. coli in the community -
Hospitals restrict visitors as H1N1 flu resurges