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Doc touts anti-microbial stewardship programs
By Maureen McKinney | June 06, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Video News: Live@APIC 2012 Conference recap (1:03)
By Modern Healthcare | June 06, 2012
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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Video News: Live@APIC 2012 Interview with APIC CEO Katrina Crist (4:55)
By Modern Healthcare | June 06, 2012
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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Consultant urges culture shift for healthcare system
By Christine LaFave Grace | June 06, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Role of technology seen as under-appreciated
By Christine LaFave Grace | June 06, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Video News: Live@APIC 2012 Interview with Elaine Larson (4:18)
By Modern Healthcare | June 05, 2012
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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Video News: Live@APIC 2012 Day Two recap and preview (1:08)
By Modern Healthcare | June 05, 2012
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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Hospitals seen as slow on infection auditing, doc training
By Maureen McKinney | June 05, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
When it comes to adherence to evidence-based best practices for infection prevention, hospitals often lag behind in areas such as physician education and auditing protocols.
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Connect with patient advocates, CDC worker says
By Christine LaFave Grace | June 05, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
For hospitals and other providers, working with patient advocates can be a vital tool in building and maintaining the trust of the provider's community, a CDC communications specialist advised.
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Doc warns of side effects in HAI fight
By Maureen McKinney | June 05, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The ever-increasing focus on prevention of HAIs could bring a number of unintended consequences, including inappropriate use of antibiotics and an unwillingness by hospitals to admit sicker patients.
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Video News: Live@APIC 2012 Day One recap and preview (1:12)
By Modern Healthcare | June 04, 2012
Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney recaps the first day of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. Kickoff keynote speaker Dr. Allan Morrison, a professor and senior fellow at George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.,...
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Target of zero infections seen as unrealistic
By Maureen McKinney | June 04, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Many infection-prevention campaigns are setting a goal of eliminating all HAIs, but Dr. Allan Morrison, a hospital epidemiologist, says a target of zero infections is sometimes just not realistic.
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Infection rates not curbed by payment policy: researchers
By Christine LaFave Grace | June 04, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The CMS' move to cut reimbursements for two types of healthcare-associated infections did not prompt statistically significant declines in the rates of those infections, Harvard researchers found.
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Infections tied to later readmissions: study
By Christine LaFave Grace | June 04, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
More than half of patients hospitalized for a surgical-site infection within a year after knee- or hip-replacement surgery wound up being admitted again in the following year, a new study says.
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Video News: What's ahead at APIC 2012 (1:19)
By Modern Healthcare | June 01, 2012
Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney previews the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's annual conference in San Antonio June 4-6.
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