Who's to blame for an HAI?
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, February 18, 2009
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Infection preventionists are feeling pressure from all angles. New CMS policies are cutting hospital reimbursement. Hospital administrators are expecting the resources they put into IC programs will result in a drop in healthcare-acquired infection rates. Plus the public wants to be assured they will be safe when entering a hospital.
This week on OSHA Healthcare Advisor, infection control expert Peggy Luebbert, MS, MT(ASCP), CIC, CHSP, owner and consultant for Healthcare Interventions, Inc., Omaha, NE, addresses these pressures and the affect HAIs will have on the healthcare industry and the profession.
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