HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Will Tiny Tim live? Compendium to be serialized over the summer
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APIC, SHEA, other major infection prevention groups update compendium of best practices
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Ebola Alert: Co-Workers of Infected American Return to U.S. for Symptom Monitoring
Read More about Ebola Alert: Co-Workers of Infected American Return to U.S. for Symptom MonitoringUPDATED Monday at 1:09 p.m.
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CDC designs new protocol to culture scopes for CRE
Is the risk worth the benefit? It may come down to the individual patientRead More about CDC designs new protocol to culture scopes for CRE -
ECRI: Culture Scopes, Reduce Patient Risk of CRE
Read More about ECRI: Culture Scopes, Reduce Patient Risk of CREFor sale: Duodenoscope, only used once
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Epic Ebola Outbreak Nears 10,000 Deaths
Read More about Epic Ebola Outbreak Nears 10,000 DeathsU.S. hospitals are still at risk as the outbreak smolders on in Africa.
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The Malodorous Malady: C. Difficile ‘Ranks’ as Most Common Hospital Infection
Read More about The Malodorous Malady: C. Difficile ‘Ranks’ as Most Common Hospital InfectionSomething is rotten in Denmark (and the United States).
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FDA: Inform patients about CRE infection risk during intricate “ERCP” endoscopy
ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) — an upper endoscopy procedure performed on some half million U.S. patients annually – poses a risk of transmission of practically untreatable carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), outbreak investigators are finding.Read More about FDA: Inform patients about CRE infection risk during intricate “ERCP” endoscopy -
APIC, SHEA Issue Call to Action on CRE Endoscopy Outbreaks
Read More about APIC, SHEA Issue Call to Action on CRE Endoscopy OutbreaksThe procedure is performed on some half million U.S. patients annually, some of whom have been infected with CRE in recent years.
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U.S. Moves on Antibiotic Stewardship, but the Problem is Global
Read More about U.S. Moves on Antibiotic Stewardship, but the Problem is GlobalIs it getting hotter in here ... or is it just the globe?