HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
When the staff of Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, decided to implement a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
THE NATIONAL – On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project is proud to take part in this special supplement to Prevention...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
One of APIC’s 2015 Heroes of Infection Prevention, Carol Vance, BSN, RN, CIC, an infection prevention specialist at Barnes Jewish...
Decontamination, Disinfection and Sterilization | 9.30.16
It can be challenging for infection preventionists to find time to comb through the barrage of infection prevention guidelines and...
Decontamination, Disinfection and Sterilization | 9.30.16
Reports of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections related to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscopes raised concerns among infection prevention experts, federal...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
There is an important place for both the horizontal, as well as the vertical approach to preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)....
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 10.7.16
Infection prevention is a top priority in acute care facilities due to mandatory reporting of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), potential reimbursement...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 11.11.16
Infection preventionists are being asked to identify ways to help address some their organizations’ most pressing challenges, such as reducing...