Rhode Island became the first state in the U.S. to adopt a flu immunization requirement for all healthcare workers, students, trainees, and volunteers who may have direct contact with patients. The Rhode Island Department of Health announced that the new amendments to its Rules and...
According to a new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study, hospitals can drastically decrease the number of life-threatening central line infections in children with cancer by following three basic steps: adhering to basic precautions, encouraging families to speak up when they see...
In 2008, CMS published a ruling to stop reimbursing hospitals for certain healthcare-associated infections (HAI), including catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). Four years later, that decision has made...
Most infection control (IC) professionals can recite their No. 1 goal in their sleep: zero infections. Others also dream of 100% compliance with central line bundles, isolation precautions, and hand hygiene. The key for Joint Commission standard IC.01.04.01 is to prioritize...
Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Global Challenge, A Global Perspective, is the monograph The Joint Commission released to help healthcare organizations gain traction on the fight against healthcare-associated infections.
A former medical technician was arrested in connection to an Exeter, NH hepatitis C outbreak.
The tech is accused of infecting at least 30 people while working at the Exeter Hospital cardiac catheterization lab. He is also suspected with stealing the anesthetic Fentanyl.
