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Mashup Score: 9CDC Strategies Preventing Hospital-Onset C difficile Effectiveness Inconclusive in Testing - 11 day(s) ago
Hospitals using CDC prevention strategies had different incidences of hospital-associated Clostridioides difficile infection compared to those that didn’t, but the reasons are not necessarily the strategies themselves.
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Mashup Score: 0Focus on 4 Foundations of Patient Safety - 1 year(s) ago
Health care-associated infection-reducing initiatives are vital to keeping patients safe.
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To evaluate risk factors for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in patients during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic including historical and concurrent cohorts.
Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1HAIs continued to rise in 2021, CDC finds - 1 year(s) ago
The incidence of healthcare-associated infections reported by U.S. hospitals increased in 2021, new CDC data shows.
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Background, Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are severe complication acquired in healthcare settings with high impact in terms of morbidity, mortality and costs.Aim, The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence and incidence of HAIs, and to describe phenotypic and genotypic features of antimicrobial resistance in responsible…
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Mashup Score: 2Boots on the Ground, or These Boots Are Made for Walking? Some LTC Staff Choose the Latter - 2 year(s) ago
Long-term care facilities were once normally happier places, but COVID-19 changed the individuals working and living there. PPEs, testing, overwork, underpayment, and too many isolations have chased health care workers away and forced the facilities’ population to plummet. Can anything be done?
Source: Infection Control TodayCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Boots on the ground, or These Boots Are Made for Walking? Some LTC Staff Choose the Latter - 2 year(s) ago
Long-term care facilities were once normally happier places, but COVID-19 changed the individuals working and living there. PPEs, testing, overwork, underpayment, and too many isolations have chased health care workers away and forced the facilities’ population to plummet. Can anything be done?
Source: Infection Control TodayCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Drug Development Considerations for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections—Virtual Public Workshop Co-Sponsored by the FDA and CDC - 2 year(s) ago
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are co-sponsoring the following public virtual workshop, entitled Drug Development Considerations for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections—Virtual Public Workshop.
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The interprofessional team implemented multiple evidenced-based interventions that demonstrated sustained compliance.
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Mashup Score: 0Web-Based Hand Hygiene Application Improves HCW Compliance - 2 year(s) ago
Swiss hospital developed and implemented “Clean Hands,” and the results are significant over paper data collection.
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Hospitals using CDC prevention strategies had different incidences of hospital-associated Clostridioides difficile infection compared to those that didn't, but the reasons are not necessarily the strategies themselves. https://t.co/XwklyMTlRF #hais