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Healthcare Infection Prevention - Widespread clinics: Duke ICPs hit the road to ensure Joint Commission accreditation for medical offices
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Healthcare Infection Prevention - FDA warns of meningitis after cochlear implants
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Making the business case for infection control
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Average nosocomial infection falls just under $14,000
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FDA seeks comment on open, unused SUDs
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Abstract & Commentary: Rare but real: Provider to patient HCV transmission
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Journal Reviews: ICPs are key part of patient safety puzzle; time has come to take VRE seriously
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Healthcare Infection Prevention - Noncuffed catheters linked to infections
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Critical Care Plus: Intra-Hospital Patient Transport Fraught With Difficulties
Whats the single most important thing intensive care units can do to avoid the disasters that can happen when patients are transported to and from hospital departments? The most important factor is having a critical care doctor or head ICU nurse present to quarterback the move, says pediatrician Robert F. Patterson, MD, FAAP, critical care intensivist at Nemours Childrens Clinic in Pensacola, Fla. -
Critical Care Plus: Group Closing GAP in Heart Attack Care
A team of 10 detroit-area hospitals, led by physicians from the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, has reported significant success in improving the odds that heart attack patients will get the medicines, tests, procedures, counseling, and follow-ups that have been shown to improve the chances of surviving and returning to a full life.