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Patient Safety Alert

October 1, 2002

Click here for the October 2002 Patient Safety Alert Supplement.

Issue Date: October 1, 2002

CDC bans expensive ritual of routine ventilator breathing circuit changes
VAP: High costs in more ways than one, says CDC guideline
CDC gives vent changes highest recommendation
Making the business case for infection control
Average nosocomial infection falls just under $14,000
FDA seeks comment on open, unused SUDs
Abstract & Commentary: Rare but real: Provider to patient HCV transmission
MMWR Update: Be wary of West Nile signs in blood, organ recipients
Joint Commission sets 2003 patient safety goals
Journal Reviews: ICPs are key part of patient safety puzzle; time has come to take VRE seriously
Readers Write: Farr gets reader vote in isolation debate
Healthcare Infection Prevention - Widespread clinics: Duke ICPs hit the road to ensure Joint Commission accreditation for medical offices
Healthcare Infection Prevention - FDA warns of meningitis after cochlear implants
Healthcare Infection Prevention - Noncuffed catheters linked to infections

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