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Novel Training Program Pairs Clinicians With Chaplains
Patients’ spiritual needs often go unaddressed due to providers’ lack of prioritization, time, and training. A novel training program pairs clinicians and chaplains.
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Proposed Model Ethics Curriculum Developed for Dermatology Residency
Standardized methods to teach ethics skills in dermatology residencies are currently unavailable. A recent paper offers a model curriculum.
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Ethics Services Report Unprecedented Surge in Demand for Consultations
At the same time ethics consultation services are seeing a surge in demand, cases are increasing in complexity.
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WHO: Ebola Outbreak in Congo Appears Contained
As of July 1, 2018, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to be ebbing, but infection preventionists should still be wary of cases related to travel. -
Challenges Remain to Reduce C. diff, CAUTIs, and MRSA
The epidemiology of a leading healthcare-associated infection is changing. Clostridium difficile, which kills some 15,000 patients annually, is becoming more of a threat in the community as hard-fought progress is made in hospitals.
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Using PEP or MMR Vaccine for Measles Exposure
During a large community outbreak of measles last year, infection preventionists at Children’s Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis worked with the state health department to deliver post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to 138 (80%) of 173 people who were defined as PEP-eligible. -
Measles Outbreak 101: IP Shares Lessons Learned
Once declared eradicated in the U.S., measles is still causing outbreaks in many parts of the world and may show up at any given U.S. hospital in a traveler or a child whose parents did not have him or her immunized. -
What Is the SAFER Accreditation Survey?
Infection preventionists should be aware that The Joint Commission is using a new accreditation process called the Survey Analysis for Evaluating Risk. -
What Joint Commission Surveyors Are Citing on Infection Control
Feeling prepared for a Joint Commission accreditation survey after receiving only one deficiency in an inspection three years prior, an IP was “devastated” when her hospital was written up for four lapses in infection control practices. -
APIC 2018: A Call to Action for Infection Preventionists
A keynote speaker who suffered a devastating healthcare infection urged IPs to stand their ground and protect patients.