hospital infection control News
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CMS Close to Beginning Hospital Infection Control Inspections
According to recent reports, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are currently finalizing their hospital control survey. Once complete, the CMS is expected to conduct hospital infection control inspections in the near future. Some in the industry see these actions as a likely prelude to forthcoming regulations meant to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). ...
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Proven Solutions to Disinfect Hospital HVAC Coils
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are infections caused by a wide variety of common and unusual bacteria, fungi, and viruses during the course of receiving medical care. Medical advances have brought lifesaving care to patients in need, yet many of those advances come with a risk of HAI. These infections related to ...
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Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Professionals Turn to SEHC to Battle Hospital Acquired Infections
Hospital administrators and infection control professionals know firsthand the dangers of hospital acquired infections (HAIs). Many of these infections are due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (MRSA), Clostridium difficile and other potentially deadly pathogens. A number of these infectious agents are spread through contact or airborne transmissions. Additional routes of ...
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Environmental contamination as a potential source of MRSA transmission
Ehsanollah Ghaznavi-Rad, MSc, of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology at the Universiti Putra Malaysia, and colleagues, report in a research brief in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology on a study they conducted to trace the source of nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by investigating the impact of healthcare workers and the ...
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Illinois Makes Hospital Acquired Infection Data Available
Earlier this month, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced updates to the state’s Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Healthcare Website. The new updates include information about hospital acquired infection prevention and control staffing. According to Dr. Arnold, IDPH Director, “It is vital that consumers have a solid understanding about the quality of ...
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Illinois, One of Three States the CDC Reports New ‘Superbug’ Infections
EC2 helps medical facilities find solutions to the growing threat of infections and drug-resistant microbial contaminants with decades of infectious disease and hospital infrastructure knowledge. Last week Fox News reported that new drug resistant ‘superbugs’ have been found in 3 states, including Illinois. Later in the week USA Today published an article entitled ...
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Healthcare-Associated Mold Outbreaks and Protecting Patients and Staff from Microbial Exposure Risks
A large percentage of patients treated in hospitals, or staying in long-term care facilities, have conditions that make them much more susceptible to infections due to microbial pathogens, including mold. Over the last several years, there have been multiple hospitals across the United States that have had to halt operations and temporarily close portions of their facilities after the discovery ...
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Illinois Same-Day Surgery Centers under the Spotlight
Earlier this month, the Northwest Herald reported about the state of infection control at same-day surgical centers across Illinois. According to the article, of the surgery centers inspected in the past year, 2/3 had been cited for infection control problems. News of these infection control problems coincide with a new federal report that was just released that shows an increase in ...
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MRSA infections occur more in summer and fall
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, occurs more frequently in the summer and fall, according to new research. Dr. Leonard Mermel, lead author and medical director of the department of epidemiology and infection control at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, and his team analyzed MRSA samples from the hospitals microbiology department that were taken over a 10-year period. Their ...
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Candida auris and Infection Control Resources for Healthcare Facilities in Puerto Rico
Several years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it was establishing the Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (AR Lab Network) in Puerto Rico and all 50 states. It was designed to help detect new forms of drug resistance as novel fungal threats emerge. Specifically mentioned in the announcement was Candida auris. CDC reported that this fungus poses a unique ...
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Panama Increased Focus on Disposable Medical Supplies Long Before COVID-19
Prior to 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, the market for disposable medical supplies in Panama steadily grew at an average rate of 10% over the last decade, due to the growing population and increased public and private investment in the health sector. As a result of the pandemic, Panama has significantly increased spending on disposable medical supplies and is prepared to continue devoting ...
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New Study Finds C. diff on a High Percentage of Healthcare Workers’ Hands
A new study has been published in the current issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology that found that almost a quarter of healthcare workers’ hands had Clostridium difficile (C. diff) spores on them following routine care of patients known to have the bacteria. This surprising figure brings to light the need to educate healthcare providers and the public about how this ...
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Hospitals Battle Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAIs)
An article in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology discusses how researchers identified contaminated nasal spray as the cause of an outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia in patients at a Denver children’s hospital. A recent news story from WLWT last week reported on the source of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at an Ohio hospital in 2010. WHEC in New York ...
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Maryland Scientists Identify High Rates of Dangerous Bacteria Growth in Infected Patient Rooms
Scientists from the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine recently conducted research into the presence of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) in patient rooms in medical facilities. The research was published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC). Researchers found that MDR-AB was present in the environment of 48% of the rooms of patients infected ...
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Magnolia Medical Announces Expansion of Its Extensive Clinical Evidence Library with Six Steripath® ISDD® Studies in 2021 Demonstrating Zero or Near-Zero False Positive Sepsis Test Results
Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc., inventors of Steripath®, the only FDA 510(k)-cleared device platform indicated to reduce blood culture contamination for sepsis testing,1 today announced that six studies, reporting zero or near-zero blood culture contamination rates and up to a 31% reduction in vancomycin days of therapy (DOT) using Steripath, were submitted, accepted and published in ...
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