Find out October 15 during a webinar honoring one exemplary hospital – as yet unannounced – that has “achieved sustainable improvements” in infection prevention. The winner is being recognized for helping to achieve the goals outlined through the Department of Health…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is scaling back its oversight of needle safety issues in ambulatory care and surgical settings (ASCs), though noting that some 3,200 inspections done in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 “have found that…
Long-term care (LTC) has moved to a top priority in the next phase of the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), with a public comment period now open to review strategies to…
Overriding objections by the nation’s leading occupational health agency, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee recently recommended that hospitals and other health care facilities that cannot achieve a 90% annual flu vaccination rate for their employees should “strongly consider” mandating immunization….
Infection preventionists, take a (brief) bow: Key HAIs falling, major challenges remain The needle is beginning to move. Four key healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are declining nationally as the result of unprecedented interest and action that includes everything from sweeping…
How do you think you would fare in game where you assume the identity of a character in a computer-based video simulation that calls for key decisions to ensure infection prevention? Find out by playing Partnering to Heal. Based…
Too often a thankless job practiced in relative secrecy — with only bad outcomes likely to come to public light – hospital infection prevention is finally being duly recognized. The latest evidence comes in the form of awards by the…
Conceding its current standards are out of touch with the growing pressure to protect patients by immunizing health care workers (HCWs) against seasonal influenza, the Joint Commission is proposing what appear to be generally more rigorous requirements that are open…
Preventing health care associated infections (HAIs) has emerged as a top priority in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (National Quality Strategy). The March 21, 2011 report to Congress was…