Hospital Infection Control & Prevention
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Drug Diverters May Show No Signs of Addiction
Somewhat surprisingly, drug diverters in healthcare settings are not easy to spot by outward mannerisms.
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CDC: Thousands of patients put at risk by outbreaks caused by drug diverters in healthcare
Drug diversion by health care workers is gaining recognition as a ubiquitous and poorly controlled patient safety risk.
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Serratia outbreak linked to drug diversion
A former nurse at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Hospital and Clinics in Madison, who allegedly diverted pain medication for personal use, may be linked to a cluster of infections among patients from the units where she worked, UW officials report.
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Trail of Tears: Fired Drug Diverting HCWs Free to Find Another Hospital
A nurse stealing morphine by replacing it with saline in a medication vial may not have realized she was colonized with Serratia marcescens.
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One-shot H1N1 vaccine on the way
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, with the first lots expected to be distributed by mid-October. -
Joint Commission chief: No jump in IP 'problems'
Asked about budget woes and cutbacks widely reported by infection preventionists, the president of the Joint Commission said surveyors are not seeing "any substantial increase in problems due to reduced staffing in these critical programs." -
CMS clarifies EMTALA rules in light of H1N1
In anticipation of a possible significant increase in demand for emergency services due to H1N1 influenza resurgence this fall many hospitals have expressed significant concerns about compliance with "patient dumping" laws, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports. -
Got N95s? You better, says IOM panel
An Institute of Medicine (IOM) panel recently recommended that fit-tested N95 respirators rather than surgical masks be worn by health care workers treating H1N1 pandemic influenza A patients. -
iPNewbe: P&P manual updates: Are we having fun yet?
To an "IP Newbie," review and updating of infection prevention and control policy and procedures (P&P) can be a daunting and superficially unrewarding task. Nevertheless, it is a vital duty and one that you must honor without fail. -
Wisdom Teachers: Distinct change: IPs on team, still separate
When we caught up with Sue Sebazco, RN, she was knee-deep in pandemic flu planning, but not necessarily missing the old days when infection preventionists and seemingly everybody else was busily working in their respective silos.