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Topic: Infection control

Daily phone calls to high-risk patients becoming standard in push to cut readmissions

Daily phone calls to high-risk patients becoming standard in push to cut readmissions

May 19, 2013 4:40 am by | 1 Comments

Stephanie Celani not only knew the phone number of her patient John Pantalone, she also knew his weight to the half-pound when asked one day this month.That's because Celani, a ... Read more
Bacteria-killing viruses could make medical implants safer

Bacteria-killing viruses could make medical implants safer

May 11, 2013 7:49 am by | 0 Comments

Researchers attach viral hitmen to surfaces to demonstrate a new possibility in antibacterial defense for catheters and other medical devices. Medical implants like catheters and pacemakers can be a hotspot ... Read more
Study: Oregon’s drug-resistant bugs are as bad in outpatients as in hospitals

Study: Oregon’s drug-resistant bugs are as bad in outpatients as in hospitals

April 19, 2013 4:00 am by | 0 Comments

While hospitals have been increasingly on alert for drug-resistant bacteria, the problem may be just as bad in outpatient or ambulatory care settings, Oregon researchers have found.A team from Oregon ... Read more
Colorado biotech’s latest milestones exemplify big-picture progress toward a dengue vaccine

Colorado biotech’s latest milestones exemplify big-picture progress toward a dengue vaccine

March 21, 2013 9:28 am by | 0 Comments

The tropical disease dengue fever isn’t something we hear or worry about much in the U.S. So when virologists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published study ... Read more
Hospitals revise bathing regimen to reduce infections

Hospitals revise bathing regimen to reduce infections

February 14, 2013 2:36 am by | 3 Comments

Say goodbye to soap and water and basin baths in hospital adult intensive-care units as more facilities turn to disposable pre-moistened antiseptic cloths to bathe patients in an effort to ... Read more
Patients need to be proactive with surgery prep

Patients need to be proactive with surgery prep

January 28, 2013 9:21 am by | 0 Comments

Patients expect some preoperative homework when they schedule a surgical procedure.Stop eating and drinking at midnight; no chomping down on fried foods the night before. Makeup or nail polish is ... Read more
How to improve hand hygiene compliance in healthcare? These 5 companies have some ideas

How to improve hand hygiene compliance in healthcare? These 5 companies have some ideas

December 4, 2012 10:44 am by | 2 Comments

It’s the most basic of principles, really, to keep your hands clean to prevent the spread of infections. But it’s something the healthcare industry has struggled with, despite the notion ... Read more
Collaborative project among 7 hospitals shows simple steps reduce infections

Collaborative project among 7 hospitals shows simple steps reduce infections

November 29, 2012 9:29 am by | 0 Comments

Seven health care institutions participated in a quality-improvement project advanced by the Joint Commission and the American College of Surgeonsto reduce colorectal surgical-site infection rates. During a two and a ... Read more
Bedside disinfector would bring patients into the HAI prevention strategy for hospitals

Bedside disinfector would bring patients into the HAI prevention strategy for hospitals

November 15, 2012 2:29 pm by | 0 Comments

As the healthcare industry spends millions of dollars developing vaccines, large-scale disinfectors and hand washing initiatives for care providers, a Cleveland-area nurse and her husband are proposing a much simpler ... Read more
mBio Diagnostics gets $3.2M to bring bedside testing for infectious diseases to developing countries

mBio Diagnostics gets $3.2M to bring bedside testing for infectious diseases to developing countries

September 26, 2012 2:37 pm by | 0 Comments

A portable, easy-to-use bedside device could make it easier for clinics in developing countries to test for HIV, hepatitis, syphilis and other infectious diseases.mBio Diagnostics Inc. just brought in $3.9 ... Read more
Virginia VA dental clinic hires more people to improve sterilization process, close investigation

Virginia VA dental clinic hires more people to improve sterilization process, close investigation

September 13, 2012 9:48 am by | 0 Comments

ST. LOUIS -- The federal investigation into problems with cleanliness at the John Cochran VA Medical Center dental clinic has closed after the hospital improved its sterilization procedures, according to ... Read more
Israeli biotech firm fundraising to conduct more trials of flesh-eating bacteria treatment

Israeli biotech firm fundraising to conduct more trials of flesh-eating bacteria treatment

September 4, 2012 8:43 am by | 0 Comments

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli biotechnology firm Atox Bio, developing a drug it hopes can treat severe infections such as those caused by flesh-eating bacteria and deadly viruses, expects to ... Read more
How one children’s hospital cut surgical site infections by 60 percent

How one children’s hospital cut surgical site infections by 60 percent

April 24, 2012 2:04 pm by | 1 Comments

Surgical site infections are a nasty and persistent problem throughout the U.S. healthcare system, and affect as many as 5 percent of patients who undergo surgery.And with the rise of ... Read more