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A team approach to antimicrobial stewardship resulted in decreased broad spectrum antibiotic use, reduced patient length of stay and cost reductions for a Pennsylvania hospital.
Respondents reported key challenges they face in their fight to reduce healthcare-associated infections in their facilities.
The nation’s largest nursing home association is urging infection control policy changes in New Jersey as a means to prevent any further deadly viral outbreaks from occurring.
The AseptiScope DiskCover System will provide clinicians a visible, rapid and affordable solution that applies a clean barrier directly to the stethoscope in a few seconds, AseptiScope executives said.
Creams are 50% oil and 50% water, and therefore feel somewhat greasy. Lotions are like creams but are less thick due to their higher water content.
The 45th annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control starts Wednesday at the Minneapolis Convention Center. It will feature more than 100 educational sessions.
With a manufacturing cut-off date quickly approaching for soaps containing triclosan, long-term care facilities currently using them may be unsure of what to do next. Here are three steps they should take.
At the risk of sounding alarmist, your facility’s bath tubs and accessories such as lifts are likely going to make your residents sick — some experts say very sick. Unless, of course, you’re taking the right precautions The biggest problem is, well, people. Not to be indelicate, but bath and shower water are a veritable…
