The Rhode Island Department of Health has ordered Rhode Island Hospital to make corrections after it was found to violate its own infection control policies.
Hospitals should focus their infection control and prevention activities on the areas that pose the highest risk to the institution and its community. What factors should be considered when performing this risk assessment?
A new study found that hospitals are making progress in reducing infection rates, but estimated that nearly 650,000 patients per year acquire infections.
Between hand hygiene, sterile practices, environmental cleaning, and a host of other infection control best practices, the healthcare industry has come a long way in taking precautions to prevent patient infections. But according to the CDC, approximately 1.7 million healthcare-...
A study found that using a computerized safety checklist that pulls information from electronic medical records led to a drop in a serious healthcare-acquired infection.
By instituting a screening program for patients, the Louisville (Ky.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center has drastically reduced MRSA infections at its facility.
