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"We contend that the proposition that brain death constitutes death of the human being is incoherent and, therefore, not credible."
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On the floors of United Hospital in St. Paul, MN, the people in tan pants and a black scrub top stood for safety. Twice a month, they donned the outfits and walked the halls as "safety coaches," observing practices, investigating injuries, and suggesting solutions.
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The hazards of working with chemotherapeutic agents aren't always obvious. While pharmacists mixing the agents work in a biological safety cabinet, nurses administering medication and housekeepers cleaning a patient's room must use personal protection. Bodily fluids may be especially hazardous because the drugs become concentrated in the urine.
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Having worked in infection prevention for more than three decades, Barbara Soule, RN, MPA, CIC, has come full circle.
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Although enzyme-immunoassay (EIA) tests have replaced cytotoxin assays for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) in most U.S. laboratories, the changing epidemiology of this disease suggests that an adjustment in diagnostic testing algorithms is needed.
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In an age when it's hard to keep track of the latest cell phone features, sharing infection prevention tools on the web would appear to be an idea whose time has long since come.
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It began with an exchange between an infection preventionist and a clinical manager over a piece of equipment, a walker used to allow unassisted movement by patients.
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Donald Wright, MD, MPH, principal deputy assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is chairman of the newly formed HHS Steering Commission for Prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections.
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The quote above underscores the importance of infection preventionists building a bond with their clinical laboratory colleagues, an important outreach presumably made somewhat easier when the IP is the laboratorian.
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With the rise of a new Democratic administration and a continuing Congressional majority, there is an increasing perception that the health care system could be subject to new federal regulations.