Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Stories
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State finds Prime Healthcare hospital staff delayed reporting patients' abuse claims
A state investigation of North Vista Hospital, a 177-bed facility in Las Vegas, found staff failed to assess, document and report injuries of suspected abuse and did not regularly check on patients, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. - 8/10/18 -
Antibiotic resistance levels in this bacteria are 'alarming,' researchers say
Researchers found an increase of antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori bacteria, which cause gastric cancer and other gastro-related infections, according to a study published in Gastroenterology Journal. - 8/9/18 -
Harvard offers free course on Ebola epidemic and response
Boston-based Harvard University is offering a free course on understanding the 2014 Ebola epidemic that caused 11,310 deaths in West Africa. - 8/9/18 -
How end-of-life documents create dilemmas in the ER: 6 insights
Clinician's misunderstanding of end-of-life documents can have significant ramifications for patients, yet most U.S. health systems and state regulators don't track these mix-ups when they surface, according to a column written by Kaiser Health News and published in The Washington Post Aug. 5. - 8/9/18 -
IDSA names 25 hospitals Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence
The Infectious Diseases Society of America designated 25 U.S. healthcare organizations as Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence. - 8/9/18 -
Induced labor at 39 weeks linked to fewer c-sections, study finds
Inducing labor at 39 weeks is just as safe as waiting for naturally occurring labor and may actually lower the risk of cesarean section, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. - 8/9/18 -
How Chicago hospitals handled most violent weekend since 2016
A reported 74 shooting victims sought emergency care at various hospitals throughout Chicago between 3 p.m. Aug. 3 and 6 a.m. Aug. 6, making it one of the most violent weekends in the city since at least 2016, according to data compiled by the Chicago Tribune. - 8/9/18 -
Appearance-altering apps are driving more young patients to seek plastic surgery, researchers say
Social media, edited selfies and pioneering apps that assist in altering a person's appearance creates a false reality of unrealistic beauty, leading many younger patients to seek out plastic surgery, three authors write in an op-ed published in JAMA. - 8/8/18 -
Patient's family outraged after Atlanta hospital waited hours to tell them he was missing
A patient diagnosed as mentally incompetent went missing from Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center for over a day before he was found, leaving his family to wonder why the hospital waited several hours to notify them he was missing, Channel 2 Action News reports. - 8/8/18 -
20 hospitals win AORN's Go Clear Gold Award for eliminating surgical smoke
The Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses annouces its 2018 AORN Go Clear Gold Award recipients. - 8/8/18 -
Medical sprayer kills all HAI bacteria, study finds
After a team of engineers and physicians created a device that diffuses potent disinfectants into the air, the device effectively eliminated 100 percent of bacteria that often cause hospital-acquired infections, the research team reports in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. - 8/8/18 -
Scabies outbreak hits Maryland veterans' home
The Charlotte Hall (Md.) Veterans Home is currently containing a scabies outbreak among its residents and staff, according to the Maryland Independent. - 8/8/18 -
14 percent of babies born to Zika-infected mothers have health issues, CDC report finds
Children exposed to Zika while their mothers were pregnant during the initial Zika outbreak in 2016 are developing secondary neurodevelopmental problems, according to the CDC's most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. - 8/8/18 -
Chipotle food poisoning cases up to 700 as fast food chain hit with second lawsuit
A Powell, Ohio-based Chipotle Mexican Grill is thought to be responsible for about 700 cases of unidentified foodborne illness, and now the food chain faces its second lawsuit over the potential outbreak, according to Dayton Daily News. - 8/8/18 -
'Post-hospital syndrome' could be increasing readmissions for older patients
After discharge, the stress of hospitalization can leave patients unsettled and weakened, a state called "post-hospital syndrome" that researchers say can contribute to readmissions in elderly patients, The New York Times reports. - 8/8/18 -
Hepatitis C cured in patients who received infected kidneys, researchers report
Twenty patients at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine were cured of hepatitis C after receiving kidney transplants from deceased donors who had the infection, a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine found. - 8/8/18 -
Hospital visitor tampered with patient's IV, caused cardiac arrest, officials say
Police and officials at Sandy Springs, Ga.-based Northside Hospital said a man checked into the hospital as a visitor and injected a syringe containing a pink liquid into a patient's IV line July 27, causing the patient to go into cardiac arrest, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. - 8/8/18 -
Rabies-infected bat found in Texas hospital ER
Police uncovered a rabid bat inside the women's restroom in Burnet, Texas-based Seton Highland Lakes Hospital's emergency room Aug. 1. - 8/8/18 -
Yale New Haven physician falsely accused of lying to hide surgical mistake tries to rebuild reputation
Two years after Ricardo Quarrie, MD, a cardiothoracic fellow at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital, was accused of lying to a patient to hide a surgical mistake, the lawyer who accused the physician recanted, leaving Dr. Quarrie to recover his name, CNN reports. - 8/7/18 -
Healthmark releases a new updated version of their ProFormance software
In a recent press release, Healthmark announced its release of an updated version of ProFormaceTM QA 2.1 software that is now available as a cloud-based application. - 8/7/18
