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Requiring healthcare workers to get flu shots doesn't necessarily lead to high quitting rates, according to results of a newly released study.
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The 406-bed St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital is the recipient of the inaugural Partnership in Prevention Award, a joint project of HHS, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
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Despite the looming threat of multidrug-resistant organisms, authors of a new study found wide variations in hospitals' screening and infection-control practices within their intensive-care units.
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Establishing an anti-microbial stewardship program can be an effective way to reduce dangerous antibiotic resistance and improve patient outcomes, according to Dr. David Calfee.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney recaps events from the final day of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's annual conference in San Antonio, Texas.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney talks with APIC CEO Katrina Crist about how the federal government's infection reporting requirements have affected the infection-prevention field, the challenge of reducing C. difficile infection rates and APIC's new IP competency model.
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The healthcare system needs to build reward, recognition and accountability into front-line patient care to meet goals for preventing errors and reducing HAIs, according to Kathleen Vollman.
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Use of evidence-based technologies is essential in minimizing the risk of bloodstream infections, University of Wisconsin professor Dr. Dennis Maki told APIC conference-goers.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney talks with Elaine Larson, professor at Columbia University School of Nursing, about hygiene initiatives and the impact of the government's public-reporting requirements for infections.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney recaps the second day of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's annual conference. Educational sessions on a wide variety of topics, including surgical-site infection prevention and healthcare reform, dominated today's...
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