Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Stories
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Duke surgeon transplants first abdominal wall in North Carolina
A team of surgeons successfully completed North Carolina's first abdominal wall transplant, according to The Chronicle. - 11/27/18 -
2 more infant deaths reported amid bacterial outbreak at New Jersey NICU
New Jersey health officials on Nov. 27 confirmed the deaths of two premature infants linked to an outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria in the neonatal intensive care unit at Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital, reports northjersey.com. - 11/27/18 -
Flu-related 911 calls triple in Fort Worth, ambulance provider says
MedStar Mobile Healthcare — an ambulance provider in Fort Worth, Texas — has seen triple the amount of flu-related emergency calls this year compared to 2017, according to the Star-Telegram. - 11/27/18 -
ACP: How to make patients partners in their own care
The American College of Physicians seeks to clarify the role patients and their families play in their own care in a paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine. - 11/27/18 -
IU Health performs liver transplant on state's oldest recipient
Seventy-nine-year-old Bruce Anderson became the oldest patient in Indiana to receive a liver transplant, which calls into question the age barrier many patients meet when searching for a viable organ transplant program, according the Indy Star. - 11/27/18 -
Adverse events declining in VA hospitals, study finds
Veterans Health Administration medical centers saw a drop in reported adverse events in the operating room that were linked to patient harm, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. - 11/27/18 -
Study highlights top factors for predicting terminal patients' deaths
A research team at the Brunel University London conducted a study published in BMJ Open examining the accuracy of physicians identifying how long a terminally ill patient has to live. - 11/27/18 -
5 hospitals awarded CDC grants to develop antibiotic resistance solutions
The CDC awarded over $15 million to 41 private and academic investigators, including five hospitals, to pilot innovative solutions that protect patients from antibiotic resistance. - 11/27/18 -
Antimicrobial stewardship research: The missing piece in the fight against antibiotic resistance?
In doctors’ offices and hospitals across the country, nearly one-third of all antibiotics are unnecessary or prescribed incorrectly1. - 11/27/18 -
Monthly reviews help increase adverse event reporting, study finds
A monthly compliance review on patient morbidity and mortality can help increase adverse event reporting in interventional radiology departments, a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology found. - 11/27/18 -
Many hospitals do not follow CDC recommendations for antibiotic use with newborns, study shows
A study published in Pediatrics found there are significant gaps between CDC recommendations for improving antibiotic use practices and antibiotic stewardship programs for newborns. - 11/27/18 -
Current screening tools may not be effective at diagnosing maternal sepsis
A study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia compared three sepsis screening tools used to diagnose sepsis during pregnancy. - 11/27/18 -
50 Hawaii hospital employees reportedly infected in scabies outbreak
A scabies outbreak at Kealakekua, Hawaii-based Kona Community Hospital was reported Nov. 19 and has potentially infected more than 50 hospital employees, according to West Hawaii Today. - 11/27/18 -
Subtle changes may point to greater risk of sepsis death, study finds
The symptoms that place patients at the greatest risk of dying from sepsis may not be what many clinicians think they are, a study published in Critical Care found. - 11/27/18 -
Detroit hospital cited after insects found in ICU
CMS cited Detroit-based DMC Harper University Hospital for several infection control issues, including bugs that were flying around an intensive care unit during a recent inspection, according to The Detroit News. - 11/27/18 -
Viewpoint: Healthcare policymakers ignore nurses at peril of us all
For a universal healthcare system to succeed, leaders must focus on the expertise of nurses, a global health center director wrote in a STAT op-ed. - 11/26/18 -
Screening for lung cancer has the potential to save more lives than mammograms and colonoscopies, so why isn’t it standard practice?
As the number one cancer killer in the U.S., there’s a high likelihood that lung cancer will affect you or someone you know. Lung cancer kills more Americans than breast, colon and prostate cancers—combined. - 11/26/18 -
ED crowding linked to delayed antibiotics for sepsis, study finds
Overcrowding in the emergency department could be a barrier to the early administration of antibiotics for sepsis, according to a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine. - 11/26/18 -
2nd pediatric flu death reported in 2018-19 season
The second flu-associated pediatric death of the 2018-19 season was reported in the week ending Nov. 17, according to the CDC's most recent FluView report. The child lived in Florida, according to the state health department. - 11/26/18 -
27 cases of rare P. aeruginosa infection identified in Lubbock
The CDC and the City of Lubbock Health Department are investigating 27 cases of a rare, multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Lubbock, Texas, according to a KCBD report. - 11/26/18
