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HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

Plastic Rounds Innovation Reduces CLABSI and CAUTI

One of APIC’s 2015 Heroes of Infection Prevention, Carol Vance, BSN, RN, CIC, an infection prevention specialist at Barnes Jewish...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

A Special: On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI Supplement

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

Stop Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) in Critically Ill Patients

What the science and evidence show:

CAUTI is a serious patient safety issue.

Complications associated with CAUTI result in increased length of...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

A Family-Centered Care Model to Reduce Pediatric CAUTI

When the staff of Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, decided to implement a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention...

Health Information Technology | 9.30.16

An Infection Preventionist’s Guide to Evaluating Research Studies

Evaluating research studies and incorporating the results of research findings into the practice of infection prevention and control are core...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in hospitalized patients are receiving more scrutiny due to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) patient...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

Identify the Pathogen: Coxiella Burnetii

Hospital outbreaks are reported more often in the medical literature than occurrences in the long-term care (LTC) or behavioral health...

Environmental Infection | 9.30.16

Focus on Long-Term and Behavioral Health Outbreaks— Identify the Pathogen: Clostridium Perfringens

Hospital outbreaks are reported more often in the medical literature than occurrences in the long-term care (LTC) or behavioral health...

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