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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) have updated their 2003 joint guideline for reprocessing gastrointestinal endoscopes to reaffirm reprocessing methods and take into account evolved technology and disinfection systems.
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Outpatient care centers have historically attracted little attention from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, although needle market data show they have lagged in sharps safety and been a recurrent source of hepatitis outbreaks among patients.
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OK, maybe duct tape really can fix everything. A simple red roll of this prime tool in the kit of every weekend repairman led to some rather startling results for innovative infection preventionists.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the single largest payer for health care in the United States is creating a hospital inspection program focused specifically on infection control, Hospital Infection Control & Prevention has learned.
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Two new drugs for treatment of hepatitis C; NSAIDs and myocardial infarction risk; AIM-HIGH clinical trial stopped; and FDA actions.
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UTIs have been termed the Rodney Dangerfield of infections, out of a skewed perception that they are easy to treat and have relatively little clinical consequence.
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The utility of inflammatory markers in acute pericarditis is not well understood. Thus, these investigators from Italy prospectively evaluated serial high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) serum levels in patients with acute pericarditis followed for 24 months on average.
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In a cohort of mechanically ventilated patients admitted with a variety of acute diagnoses, those diagnosed with COPD (but not in exacerbation) had higher ICU mortality but no difference in risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia as compared to patients without the diagnosis of COPD.
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This observational study noted that critically ill patients provided with clinical psychological support during their ICU stay had less anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder at one year post-discharge compared to historical controls.