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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that it is receiving anecdotal reports of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) being transmitted to health care workers performing aerosol-generating procedures on patients with SARS.
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Five health care workers in the United States have contracted suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), but timely and thorough infection control precautions appear to be holding the emerging infection at bay in the United States.
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To identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in ambulatory care settings, targeted screening questions concerning fever, respiratory symptoms, close contacts with a SARS suspect case patient, and recent travel should be included at triage or as soon as possible after patient arrival, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends.
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The public health response to SARS has been strikingly rapid on many fronts, but a global pandemic of a new infectious disease still is a real possibility, the author warns.
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In an era of patient safety, the author urged national expansion of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) System. Despite its flaws and limited scope, the NNIS system may be a model for patient safety data collection.
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Reducing the risk of serious nosocomial infections is being considered as a 2004 national patient safety goal by the Joint Commission.
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The nationwide switch to alcohol hand rubs is running afoul of fire marshals who fear the flammable products might accelerate a hospital blaze.
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There has been a lot of discussion going on in recent weeks in regards to the use of alcohol-based hand-hygiene products in health care settings. We feel that the spotlight has now been shined upon the judicious use of these products since the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) released its Sentinel Event Alert pertaining to infection control practices.
