Articles Tagged With: control
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Frontline Providers Use Lessons Learned During 2014 Ebola Crisis to Manage COVID-19
Experts from the National Ebola Training and Education Center urge healthcare systems to adopt processes in line with “Identify, Isolate, and Inform,” a process for quickly identifying and managing cases of infectious disease in a way that minimizes the risk for subsequent transmissions.
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Infectious Disease Experts Call for Measles Outbreak Response Plans
Considering measles cases in the United States have been surging to numbers not seen since 1992, infectious disease experts are urging hospitals and EDs to devise response plans that they can trigger quickly should a patient with measles present.
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IPs Have Critical Role in Healthcare Worker Infection Guidelines
New guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect healthcare workers from infections call for infection preventionists to be key collaborators with occupational health departments.
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CMS Finalizes Drug Stewardship Regulation for Hospitals
In a long-anticipated action, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently finalized its 2016 rule requiring antibiotic stewardship programs in hospitals.
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Trained Dogs Detect C. diff in the Environment
A Canadian hospital is using highly trained dogs to sniff out C. diff in the environment, in a methodical manner akin to the way canines find drugs and explosives.
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CDC Drafts Infection Control Guidelines for Staph in NICUs
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued draft guidelines to prevent invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). -
Hemorrhage Control: Advances in Trauma Care
Massive hemorrhage is a devastating scenario. Early identification is essential to allow for prompt, potentially lifesaving interventions with the goal of rapid control of exsanguination.
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Update: Few California Retailers Offer Pharmacist-prescribed Contraception
In 2016, a California law took effect, allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control. Results of a new study indicate that few of the state’s pharmacies currently are offering the service.
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The Joint Commission Releases Top Challenging Requirements for First Six Months
The Joint Commission has identified the top areas for noncompliance among standards; National Patient Safety Goals; the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery; and Accreditation and Certification Participation Requirements.
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Common Infection Control Citations
Even as CMS makes bold pushes in infection control, the agency is inspecting healthcare facilities and finding common, recurrent problems.