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No, it is not ok to reuse that syringe!
Author – Gina Pugliese, RN MS Vice President of the Safety Institute, Premier healthcare alliance It was 20 years ago when I first heard about syringes being reused on multiple patients, followed by a flurry of guidelines cautioning about the need to use a single syringe for each patient. Times change – safe injection practices Read More >
Posted on by 8 CommentsPreventing MRSA in healthcare – Is there a silver bullet? (Part 1 of 3)
Author: John Jernigan, M.D Director for CDC’s Office of HAI Prevention Research and Evaluation, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion The optimal approach to controlling MRSA in healthcare facilities has been a topic of ongoing controversy. Of particular interest is the question of whether the use of active detection and isolation of patients colonized with MRSA, Read More >
Posted on by 15 CommentsPreventing MRSA in healthcare – Is there a silver bullet? (Part 2 of 3)
Author: Martin Evans, MD Director of the VHA MRSA/MDRO Program MRSA hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) cause increased suffering, the need for increased procedures, treatments, and time in the hospital, and sometimes an increased risk of death among patients. Beginning in 2002, staff working at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare system successfully brought down MRSA HAIs using a Read More >
Posted on by 4 CommentsPreventing MRSA in healthcare – Is there a silver bullet? (Part 3 of 3)
Author: Charles W. Huskins, MD Consultant in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic In today’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, my co-authors and I report the results of a study (“Intervention to Reduce Transmission of Resistant Bacteria in Intensive Care“) examining an intervention Read More >
Posted on by 1 CommentWorld Health Day 2011 Spotlights Growing Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
Author – Jean B. Patel, PhD, D(ABMM) Deputy Director for CDC’s Office of Antimicrobial Resistance CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Each year, millions of Americans take antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics. People have come to trust and rely on antibiotics to always be there to fight their worst infections. However, new drug-resistant pathogens continue to Read More >
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