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Favoring old-school etiquette over universal masking, some clinicians are urging a common-sense appeal to patients to use tissues and block coughs and sneezes in case severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) makes an unwelcome return.
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Hospital-based health care workers should consider how patients with known or suspect severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) will be handled from the point of initial contact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises.
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In an unusual case with no obvious breaches in infection control, Group A Streptococcus was transmitted to a surgeon and scrub nurse after they performed a prolonged debridement procedure on a patient with necrotizing fascitis.
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Media images to the contrary, a chemical terrorist attack may not be so obvious as people choking in a subway or being hosed down and decontaminated in the streets.
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Despite an ongoing flap between fire safety and infection control, the likelihood of alcohol hand hygiene products contributing to a fire appears to be exceedingly remote, the authors report.
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With hospital administrators a key target audience, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has slated a national infection control conference that will emphasize the importance of adequately funding an increasingly important program.
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Don t be shy about emphasizing your success stories when an accreditation surveyor begins making the rounds.
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The Joint Commission is seeking volunteer hospitals with intensive care units (ICU) that would like to be considered for participation in a pilot test of six proposed ICU core measures.
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Dont forget, new Patient Safety Goals including reducing nosocomial infections go into effect as of Jan 1, 2004.
