Search results for "Infection Control"
CDC issues interim guidance on measles infection control and prevention in health care
New government guidance covers what is acceptable evidence of immunity to measles and how to respond if health care personnel are exposed to the disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/31/4.htm
31 Jul 2019
September 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/
July 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/
Rise in HAIs during the pandemic, guidance on monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19
A new study found significant growth in health care-associated infections (HAIs), especially central line-associated bloodstream infections, during 2020, and the NIH offered advice on prioritization when monoclonal antibodies can't be given to all eligible patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/15/1.htm
15 Sep 2021
December 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/
Studies examine impact of hospital policies on C. difficile infection rates
While one study found that participation in an antibiotic stewardship program from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality led to reductions in hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection rates, a simulation study found that visitor contact precautions may not be as helpful.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/03/4.htm
3 Mar 2021
June 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/
Avoiding SNFs and antibiotics, expecting long-term effects and boosters in COVID-19
One study showed how a new committee reduced discharges to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) while another indicated that empiric antibiotics aren't necessary for ventilated COVID-19 patients. Officials announced plans for vaccine boosters, and convalescent plasma failed an outpatient trial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/1.htm
25 Aug 2021
Catching C. diff cases, not colonization
Researchers have found innovative ways to improve hospital systems for diagnosing Clostridioides difficile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/16/catching-c-diff-cases-not-colonization.htm
16 Aug 2023
December 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/