Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – May 1, 2015
May 1, 2015
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D-Day: Unprecedented national plan aims to save the antibiotic era
Antibiotic stewardship to rein in the rampant misuse and overuse of drugs is a national priority involving the highest levels of the federal government.
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National antibiotic action plan targets top threats
The recently issued “National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria” includes goals to be achieved by 2020.
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National Action Plan: Five goals to best the bugs
The White House recently released a national action plan that calls for “aggressive action” to move the nation towards major reductions in the incidence of urgent and serious drug-resistant threats including carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and Clostridium difficile. Here are key goals and strategies in the pla.:
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Nurse infected with Ebola blasts hospital in suit
A lawsuit by Nina Pham, RN, against Texas Health Resources includes some explosive allegations regarding her occupational Ebola infection after caring for an infected patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in early October 2014.
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Empowered nurse practitioners in ID medicine?
In the wake of Ebola, other emerging infectious diseases, common HAIs, and an ever-expanding array of reporting requirements and regulations, infection preventionists and their infectious disease colleagues are too often short-staffed and stretched to the breaking point.
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Bioethics panel: After chaotic Ebola response, IPs should be key players in future outbreaks
A bioethics panel report on the response to the Ebola outbreak gave a ringing endorsement to infection preventionists, saying in times of a public health crisis U.S. policy should provide “this group the support to act to the fullest extent of their licensure and abilities.”
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Double jeopardy: Hospitals, surgeons dinged twice by CMS for surgical infections, readmissions
Surgical site infections are a costly twice-told tale, as surgeons and hospitals are penalized when they occur and again if the patient is readmitted.