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After caring for patients with Clostridium difficile infection, nearly 25% of health care workers were found to have hand contamination with C. difficile spores.
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In this prospective study of older ICU patients (mean age, 67 years), frailty as assessed by a simple scale was present in one-third and was strongly associated with increased risk of adverse events, morbidity, and mortality.
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In this large observational study in four hospitals with a standardized rapid response system, among patients with an initial team activation who were not immediately transferred to the ICU, those with one or more additional activations during the hospitalization were more likely to need ICU care and had both longer hospital stays and higher mortality.
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Hospital-based infection surveillance experts nationwide participated in a survey to access the level of agreement in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia by evaluating six identical case studies. The level of agreement between participants was poor.
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This pilot study reports that dexmedetomidine might be the sedative of choice for less ill mechanically ventilated ICU patients who take antidepressant medications at home.
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Infection preventionists remain on heightened alert nationwide afterthe first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in the United States was recently hospitalized at Community Hospital in Munster, IN.
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The leading infection control and infectious disease organizations are issuing updated recommendations in new compendium guidelines that will be published in sections over the next few months.
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South Carolina hospitals are moving to the leading edge of the patient safety movement, collaborating with The Joint Commission on multiple projects and adopting a highly touted surgical safety checklist in every operating room in the state.
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The recently published compendium guidelines on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections include approaches that should not be considered a routine part of CAUTI prevention.
