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The Zen quality of the above quotation underscores that the new IP may find him or herself in midair a few times a day, leaping and hoping that net will form. For Christi Zumwalt, RN, an infection preventionist at Medical City Hospital in Dallas, it's the only way to fly.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is allocating $10 million to beef up infection prevention surveys in ambulatory settings, according to recent Congressional hearings.
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A rigorous environmental cleaning intervention can reduce the transmission of methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) and other multidrug-resistant organisms in hospital intensive care units (ICUs), according to research presented recently in San Diego at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
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Epidemiologists and computer scientists at the University of Iowa have collaborated to create a wireless electronic badge that monitors hand hygiene compliance. The study was unveiled recently in San Diego at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
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Findings from the first in-depth study of patient sharing show that hospitals share large numbers of patients with other acute care facilities without knowing it. The findings do not bode well for containing emerging organisms like carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae because they suggest that once a pathogen enters a region, it may soon be shared among many area hospitals.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to prevent infection with carbapenem-resistant Wnterobacteri-aceae (CRE) in general and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) in particular include the following recommendations:
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Joyce Cardinal, RN, MBA, director of quality at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA, says she was lucky. One of Skagit's surgeons is on the SCOAP data committee, and after she attended a meeting about the surgical checklist, she already had a physician champion on board to get it started.
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Traditionally, patients have been cast in a passive role in their own health care. Now, "patient involvement" has become an oft-heard term in hospital regulations and discussion, with acknowledgement that patients themselves can play an integral role in their care. How does The Joint Commission promote encouraging patients to speak up?
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In conjunction with the American Heart Association's updated Get With The Guidelines program on heart failure, The Joint Commission is now offering hospitals a certificate of distinction in heart failure, as part of its disease-specific care advanced certification program.
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If flight crews have to do it before takeoff, why shouldn't surgical teams do it before cutting into a patient?
