At a March 10 meeting on anesthesia in pediatric patients, the Food and Drug Administration concluded that information is insufficient to draw a definitive conclusion on the effects of anesthesia on cognitive function in young children, according to an ASA…
Infection Control
Rabih Darouiche, MD, director of the center for prostheses infection at Baylor College of Medicine and founder of the Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections, discusses tactics to decrease hospital-acquired infections.
Due to an unexpected increase in infections, officials at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh are threatening to use disciplinary action against any physicians and staff who do fail to follow infection control guidelines, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report. Hospital administrators…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has delayed the addition of data on hospital-acquired conditions to its Hospital Compare website, citing an error in the CMS data file used to calculate the HAC measures, according to an AHA News…
One of the biggest challenges facing the practice of anesthesia are recent changes in infection control rules, according to Clifford Gevirtz, MD, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia Services who practices throughout New York and Long Island, N.Y. Some anesthesiologists may…
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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has launched the "IP Program Evaluation Tool," designed to help professionals assess the resources needed to improve patient safety through infection prevention programs, according to an APIC news release.
The Washington State Department of Health has launched a new Web site where residents can view and compare infection rates for hospitals across the state, according to a Washington State DOH news release.
Several hospitals in Massachusetts have reported significant decreases in hospital-acquired infections due to new procedures and staff attitudes about the inevitability of infection, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has launched the Maryland Hospital Hand Hygiene Collaborative campaign to enhance the prevention of healthcare-associated infections in Maryland hospitals, at the recommendation of the Maryland Health and Quality Cost Council, according to…
The fourth annual report from the New Hampshire Health Care Quality Assurance Commission showed that hospitals and surgery centers in New Hampshire lead the nation in infection control, according to report in the Nashua Telegraph.