Hospital Infection Control 2002 Index

Hospital Infection Control 2002 Index

Anesthetists

• 3% report reusing needles, DEC:140

Aspergillosis

• Outbreak of in transplant patients, JUN:69

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

• May hold joint conferences with SHEA, AUG:96

Biofilms

• Persister cells trigger infection relapse, JUN: 71

Bioterrorism

• CDC says infection control on front lines, JAN:5
• Fear a consideration in dealing with, APR:45
• Tip sheet for expecting the unexpected, JAN:6

Bioterrorism Watch (Supplement)

• ACIP recommendations on smallpox vaccine, SEP:11
• AHA questions smallpox plan, JUL:8
• Anthrax creates fear, JUN:1
• Bioterrorism exercise tips, MAY:2
• Bioterrorism forensics evolves, APR:4
• Can bioterrorism response bridge communication gaps? APR:1
• CDC gets advice on bioterrorism, APR:2
• CDC prepares for mass smallpox vaccinations, NOV:17
• CDC moving quickly on smallpox, JAN:4
• CDC weighs smallpox vaccination, JUL:1
• Clues to distinguish flu from anthrax, JAN:1
• Is airborne smallpox a new fear? SEP:9
• People exposed to anthrax refuse treatment, MAR:1
• Questions about smallpox vaccination of HCWs, SEP:15
• Researchers study airborne anthrax, MAY:4
• Side effects undermine anthrax drug, MAR:3
• Smallpox plan uses outdated infection control, JUN:3
• Smallpox super-strain suspected, SEP:12
• Smallpox vaccine immune globulin, JUL:4
• Stanford sets standard for bioterrorism planning, JUN:4
• Stress counseling for HCWs after bioterror attack, MAY:1
• Was anthrax mailer a bioweapons researcher? APR:3

Bronchoscopes

• Patient deaths lead to recall, APR:49
• Problems with lead to no change in recalls system, JUN:65
• Q&A with Olympus, JUN:68

Candida parapsilosis

• Outbreak of fatal catheter-associated infections, JUN:69

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Bans scrub brushes, fake nails: FEB:22
• Central venous catheter guidelines by, SEP: 108
• Director of advises striving for zero infection, NOV:134
• Director says alcohol hand rubs standard of care: DEC:141
• Infection control on front lines in bioterror war, JAN:5
• Routine TB screening may be dropped, MAR:33
• Smallpox vaccinations recommended for ICPs, NOV:125
• Washing its hands of soap and water, JAN:1

Chicago Tribune

• CDC, APIC react to report by, SEP:103
• Taken to task for infection control report, SEP:101

Clostridium clostridiiforme

• First report of as nosocomial pathogen, DEC:146

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

• CDC disinfection and sterilization guidelines for, JUN:72

Endoscopy

• Concern about infection control lapses, JUL:80
• Gold standards for processing, JUL:81

Enterobacter

• Resistant strains cost $30,000 a case, JUL:87

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Bronchoscope problems lead to no change in recalls by, JUN:65
• Clarifies open-but-unused reprocessing requirements, AUG:97
• Recalls human tissue, SEP:109
• Recalls nonsterile devices, JUN:72
• Revises reprocessing dates, MAR:37
• Seeks comment on open-but-used single-use devices, OCT:118
• Seeks needle safety device input, AUG:94

Hand hygiene

• Alcohol gels as good as hand washing, SEP:110
• Artificial nails, FEB:25
• CDC director says alcohol rubs standard of care: DEC:141
• CDC draft bans brushes, nails: FEB:22
• Electronic voice prompts to wash hands, NOV:130
• New era of alcohol rubs, NOV:128; 129
• Rings may harbor pathogens, MAR:36

Healthcare Infection Prevention (HIP supplement)

• Bringing clinics into JCAHO compliance, OCT:1
• Dialysis catheters linked to infections, OCT:4
• Dialysis catheters spur infections, drug resistance, DEC:1
• Dialysis infection control recommendations, DEC:2
• Dialysis outbreaks diverse and deadly, DEC:4
• Group A strep outbreak in long-term care, MAY:59
• Infection control for physician offices, AUG:2
• Long-term care patient hydration program, MAY:1
• Long-term care patient safety standards coming, AUG:4
• Meningitis due to cochlear implants: OCT:3
• Physicians offices free of JCAHO oversight, AUG:1
• Surgery center sacred cows, AUG:3

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)

• Discusses strategies for drug-resistant pathogens, APR:44
• Guidelines by emphasize performance measures, APR: 41; 43
• Struggles to unify isolation precautions, NOV:132

Hepatitis C virus (HCV)

• HIV patients should be tested for, AUG:98

HIV

• HCV testing recommended for patients with, AUG:98
• Provider to patient transmission of OCT:119
• Rapid tests will help PEP decisions, DEC:145
• Shortage of supplemental test kits for, JUN:75

Infection control professionals (ICPs)

• Innovators form teams, JAN:8
• Make business case of infection control, OCT: 117
• Smallpox vaccinations recommended for, NOV:125
• Urged to join patient safety network JUL:77; 79
• Win HIC Innovation awards, DEC:139

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

• Drops plans to reduce infection control standards, DEC:137
• Bringing clinics into compliance with, HIP OCT:1
• Nursing shortage strategies by, SEP:106
• Statistics on projected nursing shortage, SEP:107
• Patient safety goals set by, OCT:121
• Physicians offices free of oversight by, HIP AUG:1

Klebsiella pneumoniae

• $350,000 outbreak in an NICU, JUL:82

Laboratory

• Workers in face risk of meningitis, APR:46
• Two deaths due to meningitis, APR:47

Multidrug-resistant pathogens

• Australian, Canadian ICPs battle, DEC:143
• CDC struggles to unify isolation precautions, NOV:132
• HICPAC strategies for drug-resistant pathogens, APR:44

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

• Canadian ICPs battle, DEC:143
• Eucalyptus leaves show efficacy against, JAN:11
• Linezolid effective against, AUG:93
• Screen and isolate or standard precautions? JUL:85

Needlesticks

• FDA seeks needle safety device input, AUG:94
• Health care workers report reusing needles, DEC:140
• Poor work climate, high workloads linked to, AUG:100

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• May try to salvage TB standard, MAR:29
• Risk of TB infection by, MAR:31

Patient safety

• Errors that should be reported, FEB:16
• ICPs urged to join network, JUL:77; 79
• JCAHO patient safety goals, OCT:121
• Medication errors and solutions, FEB:17
• Medical errors partnership, MAR:36
• Physicians offices free of oversight by, HIP AUG:1
• Preventing wrong-site surgery in your hospital, JAN:10
• Time to drop blame and shame, FEB:13
• Transferring patients increases risk of infection, MAR:40
• Staffing and adverse outcomes, FEB:24

Sepsis

• Genetically engineered treatment of, MAR:7

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

• may hold joint conferences with APIC, AUG:96

Staffing

• JCAHO nursing shortage strategies by, SEP:106
• JCAHO statistics on projected nursing shortage, SEP:107
• Nurse staffing bill cites infection risk, FEB:24

Streptococcus pneumoniae

• Day-care children at risk of, FEB:20
• Strains of share gene secrets, FEB:21

Surgery

• Donor knee cartilage linked to death, JAN:8
• LASIK infections due to icing saline, MAR:34

Tuberculosis (TB)

• OSHA may salvage standard on, MAR:29
• OSHA risk of infection by, MAR:31

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)

• Australian, Canadian ICPs battle, DEC:143
• Mortality caused by, APR:50
• Screen and isolate or standard precautions? JUL:85
• Strains of resistant to linezolid, APR:52
• Viruses used against, MAR:38

Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)

• Dreaded debut of, AUG:89
• Foot ulcers precede, AUG:92
• Second case appears, NOV:133

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

• CDC bans routine circuit tubing changes, OCT:113
• CDC recommendations to prevent, OCT:116
• High costs in more ways than one, OCT:115

West Nile virus

• Signs symptoms in transplant recipients, OCT:121

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