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In this study, a research assistant who was already embedded in patient care teams to observe the process of care during bedside rounds was recruited to document hand hygiene compliance by nine internal medicine teams over a 3-month period.
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Supporters of 24-hour intensivist staffing in the ICU cite potential benefits to the patient as a result of more timely and accurate diagnostic evaluation, consistent provision of complex treatment, and overall higher quality, safer care.
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High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) is a generic name for oxygen delivery devices that provide oxygen nasally at higher flow rates than conventional nasal cannulae. Conventional ventilation usually can only provide flow rates up to 15 L/min, while HFNC can deliver flow rates up to 60 L/min.
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In this retrospective cohort study of patients with the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in an Australian ICU, those with SIRS who received acetyl salicylic acid (ASA; aspirin) were compared to those who did not receive aspirin.
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Looking for a quality improvement (QI) project targeting catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs)? Here's one that produced dramatic results, including a 68% decline in the CAUTI rate and a 20% reduction in the use of indwelling urinary catheters.
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In light of recurrent outbreaks linked to misuse of single-dose medication vials, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is emphasizing that medications labeled as "single dose" or "single use" are to be used for only one patient.
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In what is getting to be a familiar, tragic refrain, the improper use of single-dose vials recently resulted in patients at pain clinics in Arizona and Delaware acquiring serious bacterial infections that were "completely preventable," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to overcome some stubborn myths and misperceptions about single-dose vials including the following, which the agency refuted with the current facts.
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A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services draft infection control survey expected to be finalized for use in hospitals next year could lead to increased support and appreciation for the challenges faced by central services departments, says Rose Seavey, RN, BS, MBA, CNOR, CRCST, CSPDT, President/CEO of Seavey Healthcare Consulting, Inc., in Arvada, CO.
