Web site spotlight: Compendium eases HAI prevention efforts
Nurse Leader Weekly, December 29, 2008
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Five major organizations collaborated in October to create a compendium of strategies to prevent six of the most common hospital-acquired infections (HAI).
The information won't likely be new for infection control professionals who have been working from the same guidelines for years, but its release sends a strong political message to hospital leadership, says Maureen Spencer, RN, MEd, infection control manager at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston and an APIC member.
Although the recommendations mirror previous guidelines, they're designed to be more practical, concise, and helpful to hospitals implementing and prioritizing their HAI prevention efforts.
The infections targeted in the compendium include:
- C. diff
- MRSA
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Surgical site infections
"The best strategies have never been in one place in an easy-to-use form as they are in right now," said Robert Wise, MD, vice president of the division of standards and survey methods at The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO). In 2009, The Joint Commission says it expects hospitals to examine their risks and current practices to decide which of the recommendations in the compendium they'll need to institute.
Editor's note: This excerpt was adapted from the article, "Compendium of strategies full of HAI tips" featured in The Reading Room on HCPro's online resource center, www.StrategiesforNurseManagers.com. Get a free trial membership that will give you 30 days to test drive all the exciting features on the Web site.
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