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How Mount Sinai Beth Israel keeps 3 HAI rates hovering at zero
When it comes to healthcare-acquired infections, a perfect score is zero. But while trying to keep HAIs — such as central line bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections and Clostridioides difficile infections — as low as possible, the goal of zero remains elusive at hospitals. -
How Cedars-Sinai is prepping teams ahead of the next pandemic
Teams at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's Marina del Rey Hospital will soon undergo emergency department drills that will focus on infection control and prevention efforts if — or when — a patient shows up with symptoms indicative of a highly contagious disease like Ebola. -
Physician viewpoint: Don't abandon hospital mask policies, make them strategic
Physicians from Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston published a dissenting opinion in the New England Medical Journal on the widespread removal of mask policies in medical settings across the country. Masking should be "strategic" they say, and remain in place for protection. -
Reduce HAIs by going 'back to basics' + VR training, RN says
Hospitals nationwide continue to see a rise in HAIs, and technologies to aid infection control are increasingly coming on scene to help, but one nurse says that a combination of going "back to basics" along with these new innovations may be the best way to combat the issue. -
St. Jude opens infectious disease research department
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., is creating a new department to study how infectious disease agents interact with human hosts. -
Human bite causes flesh-eating infection in Florida man
A 53-year-old Florida man was hospitalized after a family member's bite resulted in the flesh-eating bacteria necrotizing fasciitis, NBC News reported June 9. -
Kaiser workers ask California hospital to halt surgeries over equipment contamination concerns
More than 70 employees at Kaiser Zion Medical Center in San Diego have signed a petition for the facility to suspend surgeries over concerns of potential contamination of surgical trays, according to a June 6 report from The San Diego Union Tribune. -
TB-like infection less transmissible than thought, study finds
Harvard researchers may have debunked a theory about a drug-resistant pathogen linked to severe lung infections, which was previously thought to spread person-to-person. -
AI could end the war on antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT and Ontario, Canada-based McMaster University researchers have found a new antibiotic treatment that can kill a common bacteria in hospital infections thanks to machine learning. -
California hospital probes hepatitis C, HIV exposure from pain clinic
Coalinga (Calif.) State Hospital recently informed patients of possible exposure to hepatitis C and HIV through the hospital's pain clinic, radio station KVPR reported May 25. -
Better work environment for nurses tied to lower C. diff rates
Nurses at the bedside play a key role in prevention of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile in patients, a new study has found. -
Maine confirms 1st death from rare tick-borne disease in 2023
A Maine resident died from Powassan virus, a rare tick-borne disease, the state's Center for Disease Control and Prevention said May 17. -
Hospitals making good progress on HAIs, early data suggests
Preliminary data suggests hospitals are trending back in the right direction to reverse the declines in quality and safety that happened during the pandemic, according to Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. -
Sterile processing: How innovative tray solutions can speed throughput and profitability at ASCs
The ambulatory surgery center ecosystem is thriving. New ASCs, whether owned privately or through cooperative investments with hospitals, are springing up across the nation — and their surgical volumes are growing. This trend, driven largely by changes in reimbursement models that prize cost efficiency and high-quality outcomes, is leading to greater ASC specialization, with some ASCs focusing on orthopedics, ophthalmology and urology procedures. -
1 dead, 4 hospitalized in suspected fungal meningitis outbreak
Texas health officials are warning clinicians about a string of suspected fungal meningitis cases among state residents who underwent surgery in Mexico. -
Debate over masking in healthcare settings persists post-PHE
Now is not the time to do away with masks in healthcare settings, two infectious disease physicians wrote in a commentary published May 16 in Annals of Internal Medicine, an indication that the debate over whether hospitals should continue to mandate masking is not wavering any time soon. -
CDC publishes ventilation guidance for respiratory infection
The CDC published guidance on improving building ventilation to protect people from respiratory infections. -
6 recent findings from infection control studies
Here are six findings from infection control studies Becker's has covered since April: -
Pneumonia may be responsible for most COVID-19 deaths, Northwestern U finds
A new study found a high percentage of COVID-19 deaths may have been caused by a secondary pneumonia infection. -
How Intermountain cut antibiotic overprescribing
Intermountain Health reduced antibiotic prescribing in urgent care clinics by 15 percent after rolling out new stewardship initiatives, according to a study published May 11 in JAMA Network Open.
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