Infection Control Articles by Topic: Surveillance
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 18, 2009
Last week Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 45, November 11, 2009
The Minnesota Hospital Association has added three new infection prevention measurements to its...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 42, October 21, 2009
Last week CMS clarified its position on flash sterilization in ambulatory surgery centers...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 41, October 14, 2009
Three years after being named one of the nation’s worst-performing nursing homes by the New...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 40, October 7, 2009
Last week the Joint Commission released official changes to the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Everyone needs a wake-up call now and then. For some, it’s reprimand from your boss. For...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 37, September 16, 2009
New Jersey state health officials have found 29 positive cases of hepatitis B linked to a New...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 35, September 2, 2009
State officials announced last week that all Maryland hospitals will be linked in a computerized...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
There isn’t a business in the United States that hasn’t felt the brunt of the recession...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 31, August 5, 2009
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
For years, many MRI suites in hospitals and outpatient facilities have operated without proper IC...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
On May 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began enforcing the new...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 17, 2009
A state agency is monitoring Miami Children’s Hospital after a county report blamed a deadly...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
New infection control technology developed by University of Florida College of Medicine...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
On June 3, APIC announced its support for the use of automated surveillance technologies in the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 3, 2009
Five new infection control measures for outpatient clinics were passed last week by Nevada...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Although much of the focus of MDROs has been on MRSA, a relatively new, and potentially more...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
Siouxland Urology Center in Dakota Dunes, SD may have exposed more than 5,000 patients to hepatitis...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
It’s not uncommon for IPs to raise a caution flag when they hear the words “going...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 17, April 29, 2009
The Southwest Healthcare System in Wildomar, CA, could lose Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
On April 14, The Joint Commission released a free monograph intended to help healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
Hundreds of patients were potentially exposed to TB at three Chicago hospitals when a Northwestern...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
State regulators have temporarily suspended the medical license of Parvez Dara, MD, an oncologist...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Briefings on Infection Control is a 12 page monthly newsletter that provides insight and advice for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, March 25, 2009
A March 2008 report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) called for more...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Under Joint Commission standard IC.02.03.01, an organization must work to prevent the transmission...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Tracking down the source of an infectious disease outbreak is the stuff television dramas are made...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
Last week, OSHA Healthcare Advisor posted news about a report from the Associated Press regarding a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
In the healthcare setting, there are a tremendous amount of factors to consider during construction...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
In September 2008, an independent foundation that began by inspecting and evaluating Norwegian...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
A new 2009 Joint Commission standard requires hospitals to tell patients that the facility may need...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
At Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, TN, a team effort reduced MRSA rates among patients...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
Three of the five Joint Commission 2008 Ernest A. Codman Awards were bestowed on hospitals whose IC...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
There are plenty of airborne precautions for staff to follow when a tuberculosis (TB) patient...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that about a fifth of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
Hospitals and nursing homes are among those institutions being urged to throw out containers of a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
Be sure you are getting enough sleep to protect your health. People who get less than seven hours...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
New Jersey is the first state in the nation to require flu vaccinations for young school children...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
When a Joint Commission surveyor comes into your IC department, the first thing he or she will...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Under Joint Commission standard IC.9.10, soon to become IC.01.02.01 in January after the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, November 26, 2008
Beginning last week, Boston became one of the first cities in the country to implement a system...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Under the current Joint Commission standard IC.7.10, hospitals must identify a person or persons to...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
The Joint Commission's surveyors may be tough, but they're nothing compared with a natural...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
The Joint Commission has announced its 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), and they include...