Here are five findings on infection control highlighted in Becker's Hospital Review or Becker's ASC Review within the past five months, beginning with the most recent finding.
1. Performing hand hygiene before putting on nonsterile gloves may not be useful.
2. The transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in a Dutch hospital decreased when hand hygiene compliance improved.
3. Intravenous connector design has a significant influence on rates of central-line associated blood stream infection.
4. An inflammation of the colon associated with C. difficile — C. difficile colitis — has increased nearly 50 percent from 2001-2005 to 2006-2010.
5. Improved hydrogen peroxide has a greater efficacy in fighting healthcare-associated pathogens.
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