Hospital Infection Control & Prevention
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ICPs may be missing resistant staph cases
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Reduced-susceptibility staph on the increase
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Trial staph vaccine fades down the stretch
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You can lead hands to water, but you can’t make them sink
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Antibiotic controls set loose a pseudo-outbreak
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Rapid HIV test runs off track in production
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Antibiotic stewardship as a weapon against C. diff
The critical importance of antibiotic stewardship has been emphasized to save the dwindling efficacy of antibiotics, stave off a post-antibiotic era, and cut costs due to unnecessary drug use in the first few years of such programs.
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New standards, surprise inspections demonstrate JCAHO’s emphasis on IC
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has raised the ante again on infection control professionals, drafting prescriptive new standards for 2005 and putting the field at the top of the list for surprise inspections next year. -
Draft standards detail policy demands for ICPs
The Oakbrook Terrace-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations proposed infection control standards for 2005 include a more prescriptive approach that already is proving controversial. -
Expert witness: Ready for a Perry Mason moment?
Infection control professionals considering the exciting trial by fire of being an expert witness should be ready to think like a lawyer and realize they are entering into a realm where there are more questions than answers, a former colleague turned attorney advised.