Hospital-acquired influenza rare but serious
(Medical Xpress)—Medical researchers urge vaccination this flu season as new research shows that hospital-acquired, or nosocomial, influenza is relatively uncommon, but can be severe.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Panel recommends 10 patient safety strategies
(HealthDay)—Experts estimate that many tens of thousands of people in the United States die each year from medical errors, unproven treatments, bad diagnoses and preventable problems such as bedsores. Now, ...
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Mar 05, 2013 |
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Flooding preparedness needs to include infection prevention and control strategies
Flooding can cause clinical and economic damage to a healthcare facility, but reopening a facility after extensive flooding requires infection prevention and control preparedness plans to ensure a safe environment for patients ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Contact precautions shown to modify healthcare workers care delivery
The prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) can help reduce patient morbidity and mortality, but a common prevention effort for patients with hard to treat infections known as contact precautions, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 11, 2012 |
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Foreign multidrug resistant bacteria contained in Toronto hospital
As the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant infections continue to rise around the world, a hospital in Canada detected the presence of New Delhi Metallo-ß-lactamase-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (NDM1-Kp), a multidrug resist ...
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Dec 11, 2012 |
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Study highlights the danger of cross-contamination of viruses from kitchen knives and graters
Poor hand hygiene is often thought to be the main cause of outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. Although it is well recognized that utensils used for food preparation can harbor bacteria, a new study by Qing Wang and her colleagues ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Patients shy away from asking healthcare workers to wash hands
According to a new study published online today, most patients at risk for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) agree that healthcare workers should be reminded to wash their hands, but little more than half would feel ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Horizontal infection prevention strategy to reduce mrsa infections, increase patient safety
(Medical Xpress)—High compliance with hand hygiene and focusing on other simple infection control measures on medical, surgical and neuroscience intensive care units resulted in reduced rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus au ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Personalized feedback makes healthcare workers twice as likely to clean their hands
A major three-year trial led by researchers at UCL, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown that giving one-to-one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use ...
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Oct 23, 2012 |
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Genotyping helps identify source of clinic infection outbreak
Researchers from East Carolina University used a new technique of genotyping to identify the source of a hematology clinic outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum, a gram-positive, acid-fast bacteria found in tap water. This i ...
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Oct 05, 2012 |
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Research links increased hospital infections to nurse burnout
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year nearly 100,000 hospitalized patients die from infections acquired while undergoing treatment for other conditions. While many factors ...
Health
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Visits to the petting zoo require vigilant hand washing to prevent spread of disease, researcher says
(Medical Xpress)—A trip to a petting zoo may bring more than a smile to a child's face—it also could lead to them getting sick. That's one reason why a Kansas State University professor says that interactions between ...
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Sep 14, 2012 |
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Not all docs/nurses want to be asked about hand hygiene
(HealthDay)—Although most health care workers (HCWs) appreciate the role of patients in preventing health care-associated infection, a considerable proportion are uncomfortable with patients asking about ...
Health
Sep 10, 2012 |
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Pneumonia, diarrhea are top killers of kids: UNICEF
Pneumonia and diarrhea are among the top causes of childhood deaths around the world, particularly among the poor, said a report out Friday by the UN Children's Fund.
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Jun 08, 2012 |
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Pairing masks and hand washing could drastically slow spread of pandemic flu
(Medical Xpress) -- Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found.
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Jan 26, 2012 |
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