Hospital Infection Control & Prevention
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From Russia, without love
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Rapid HIV test runs off track in production
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Antibiotic controls set loose a pseudo-outbreak
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You can lead hands to water, but you can’t make them sink
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Trial staph vaccine fades down the stretch
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Reduced-susceptibility staph on the increase
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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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JCAHO Update for Infection Control: JCAHO urges passage of patient safety regs
National patient safety legislation that would encourage the confidential reporting of medical errors is critically needed in todays health care system, urged Dennis OLeary, MD, president of the Joint Commission. -
Depression and infection lead to a fatal interaction
Synopsis: A patient receiving the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram developed fatal serotonin syndrome after beginning therapy with linezolid for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. -
Salmonella outbreak strikes children’s hospital
A widespread salmonella outbreak that infected 101 health care workers, patients, and visitors at St. Louis Childrens Hospital may be linked to an asymptomatic worker or a common contaminated food, investigators tell Hospital Infection Control.