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In this issue: Comparing blood pressure medications, determining optimal length of androgen-deprivation therapy, red yeast rice for LDL reduction, and FDA Actions.
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A scourge of hospitals for decades, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may finally be on the run, and it's moving in the right direction: from the bedside to the "C-suite." In initiatives that speak to both quality and cost-savings, hospital CEOs are putting their considerable clout behind infection prevention efforts against the most highly publicized health care-associated infection (HAI).
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Infection prevention efforts appear to be making a dramatic difference in hospital intensive care units, which are reporting declining rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) central line-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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As recurrent hepatitis outbreaks continue in ambulatory care nationally, there are increasing calls for more oversight and training for health care workers in those settings.
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You've no doubt noticed that infection prevention is not convenient for those that work at the bedside. Professional frontline staff may not use the word "inconvenient" to describe their frustrations, yet the verbal message leaves little doubt when accompanied by wearisome body language.
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The recently finalized federal stimulus bill includes $1 billion to fund prevention and wellness programs, with $50 million going to states to implement health care-associated infection (HAI) reduction strategies.
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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is urging patients to heighten awareness and become quite inquisitive before undergoing outpatient care.
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After a spate of measles cases and outbreaks in 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is drafting a new recommendation that would tighten the criteria for measles immunity in health care workers.
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Such a confluence of events and unpredictable circumstances e.g, host factors, medical interventions can result in a health care-associated infection that, despite the best efforts of all involved, the patient suffers and the IP is left to ponder the "whys" and "what ifs."
