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It seems an understatement to say healthcare and the public at large, has had a few unknown infection scares in recent years.
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Antimicrobial stewardship programs specifically targeting Clostridium difficile infections offer a promising path to protect patients from this enteric scourge, but may have little effect unless a broad range of other infection control measures are also put in place, researchers are finding.
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Hospitals in the U.S. continue to make progress in the fight against central line-associated bloodstream infections and some surgical site infections, but are struggling to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), according to a new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Already finalizing an infection control survey for hospitals, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded the scope of the program to assess compliance with quality improvement and discharge planning during the same visit.
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Infection preventionists have generally weathered the Great Recession in good shape, though the field remains in flux as old school IPs leave and a new wave of IPs from more diverse backgrounds enter the field.
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The best example in a single disease may be tuberculosis, which has resurged and been vanquished again so many times it inspired the term the U-shaped curve of concern.
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Past research has linked contact precautions with adverse health events like patients developing delirium, increased risk of falls, or pressure ulcers.
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Patti Grant, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, director of Infection Prevention and Quality at Methodist Hospital for Surgery in Addison, TX, has been elected the 2013 president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
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Despite increased infection prevention efforts in many hospitals, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) remains a persistent threat to patient safety, according to a new survey of infection preventionists by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
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The dramatic reduction of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in hospitals in the United Kingdom is putting considerable pressure on American infection preventionists and health care epidemiologists to follow suit with similar success.