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Data for Action: Tracking Infections
CDC’s Dr. Scott Fridkin Deputy Chief of DHQP’s Surveillance Branch Author of Today’s State-Specific Healthcare-Associated Infections Report As you may know, CDC captures and regularly releases national healthcare-associated infection (HAI) data through our National Healthcare Safety Network, a system that monitors infections at 2,800-plus healthcare facilities across the nation. Most recently, though, the NHSN team Read More >
Posted on by 7 CommentsGetting Back to Basics: Safe Injection Practices (Part 2 of 2)
—Joe Perz, DrPH What can we do to make sure that the “foundation of safe care” is strengthened? Efforts to promote safe injection practices are underway but much work remains to be done. Recently, CDC hosted a series of meetings intended to raise awareness and discuss this important public health issue with industry representatives and Read More >
Posted on by 7 CommentsGetting Back to Basics: Safe Injection Practices (Part 1 of 2)
— Joe Perz, DrPH When patients visit a doctor’s office, clinic – or any healthcare setting for that matter – they deserve safe care. This includes the expectation that basic infection control practices are understood and followed by all of the staff caring for them. A good example of “basic infection control” relates to the Read More >
Posted on by 21 CommentsCAUTI– Preventing the Most Common HAI (Part 2)
Linda R. Greene, RN, MPS, CIC As an infection preventionist who is addressing this issue on a daily basis, I agree with Dr. Gould’s interpretation. Despite the fact that urinary tract infections( UTI’s) are the most common healthcare-associated infection (HAI’s), they have traditionally not received the same level of attention as have other HAI’s. Most Read More >
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Click here to watch Dr. Sanjay Saint discussing this topic on Medscape Dr. Carolyn Gould The other day, I was watching my colleague Dr. Sanjay Saint on Medscape and began thinking, “How can we better communicate that urinary tract infections (UTIs) are more than just nuisance infections, and that they are preventable?” So, I want Read More >
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