Articles Tagged With: disinfection
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New Study: Hospital Surfaces Contaminated After Disinfection
Pathogenic persistence can be a problem even after routine disinfection of high-touch surfaces.
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SHEA 2023: C. auris Spreads Across Healthcare Continuum
The first cluster of pediatric patients with Candida auris and the ability of the emerging fungal pathogen to spread rapidly across the healthcare continuum were revealed in outbreak reports at the recent conference of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
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Surgery Pros Prepare for Life After COVID-19
Some best practices included in COVID-19 pandemic safety guidance issued by federal and professional organizations are likely to continue even after the worst of the emergency is over.
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Pandemic-Era Infection Prevention Practices Should Continue
Even if the COVID-19 pandemic ends soon, surgery centers likely will need to maintain the same level of infection prevention vigilance they have practiced for more than a year.
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Healthcare Personnel Use of PPE for COVID-19 Spurs Fungal Outbreak
Healthcare personnel’s (HCP) practice of wearing multiple layers of gowns and gloves to treat COVID-19 patients contributed to an outbreak of Candida auris bloodstream infections at a Florida hospital, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
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CMS Updates COVID-19 Infection Control Survey
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revised its “COVID-19 Focused Infection Control Survey Tool: Acute and Continuing Care” recently.
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With Focus on COVID-19, Other HAIs Increase
Infection preventionists are reporting increasing outbreaks of healthcare associated infections as the COVID-19 pandemic demands outsized efforts by overworked caregivers.
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Simulation Can Improve Staff PPE Safety
It is important for healthcare workers to learn and practice the correct way to wear personal protective equipment. One helpful technique is to use medical simulation.
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Hospital Uses N95 Reprocessing System
A lack of personal protective equipment, including N95 respirators, was one of the major reasons why hospitals nationwide closed their operating rooms to elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study suggests a solution that involves disinfecting N95s so they can be safely reused.
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Industrial-Grade Mask Could Be Viable Alternative to N95 Respirators
The persistent shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic has led some to search for viable workarounds.