Healthcare-Associated Infections

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NEWS SCAN: Prison-brew botulism, Uganda Ebola outbreak over, antimicrobial keyboard covers, rabies contact tracing, Australian measles

Oct 4, 2012

 

New tools aim to improve infection tracking in long-term care

(CIDRAP News) – A national medical organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released a pair of new tools designed to set a national standard for the tracking of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in long-term care settings.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Resistant gonorrhea, contaminated sink, Ebola and orangutans, Olympic disease surveillance, vaccine testing contract

Jul 20, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: More bad news for proposed BSL-4 lab, dengue in Asia, cost of drug resistance, Africa flu surveillance, meningococcal-Hib vaccine

Jun 15, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Smallpox vaccine extension, SARS vaccine grant, flu in bird handlers, tempeh outbreak grows, hantavirus surge, healthcare infections

May 24, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Pediatric countermeasure ethics, flu activity slows further, infant infections during H1N1, healthcare-linked hepatitis

May 18, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Tempeh outbreak link confirmed, dog food recall expands, healthcare-associated infections

May 7, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: US flu declines, BSE probe update, fatal lab infection, WHO's hand hygiene efforts

May 4, 2012

 

US officials see decreases in healthcare-linked infections

(CIDRAP News) – An analysis of data from thousands of US facilities indicates that rates of certain common types of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) declined in 2010, especially those linked to central intravenous lines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.

Robert Roos
 

CDC report exposes out-of-hospital C diff threats

(CIDRAP News) – Other healthcare settings besides hospitals play a larger role than previously thought in the spread of sometimes-fatal Clostridium difficile infections, according an analysis today of new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Lisa Schnirring
 

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