Five major U.S. healthcare organizations endorse infection control strategies
Patient Safety Monitor Alert, October 15, 2008
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Recognizing the importance of preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAI), five of the nation's major healthcare organizations endorsed a compendium of strategies for prevention. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Infectious Diseases Society of America worked together with the American Hospital Association, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and The Joint Commission announced The Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care during a Webcast on October 8.
The Compendium is intended to provide a starting point for healthcare organizations that want to take an active approach in preventing HAIs. The recommendations included within the report address the minimum basic procedures facilities should be using to prevent HAIs as well as what measures should be taken for populations on which basic strategies do not work. The report targets Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile Infection, central line-associated bloodstream infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and surgical site infections.
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