Showing posts with label infection rates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label infection rates. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Male Circumcision and Risk for HIV Transmission: Implications for the United States | Factsheets | CDC HIV/AIDS

›
Several types of research have documented that male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by men during penile-v...
Friday, April 1, 2011

MRSA Protocols- Are They Being Used In Practice? | Registered Nurse Blog

›
Posted: April 2nd, 2011 In Advance For NPs and PAs, a March 9, 2011 article was featured on the following study of protocols used ...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Education Resources, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc APIC |

›
APIC works to provide information to both the general public and healthcare professionals. The brochures on this page are regularly rev...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Fast response crucial in outbreaks of food-borne illness, study finds - USATODAY.com

›
Nearly three years after a nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened about 1,500 people and claimed two lives, U.S. epidemiologists have...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Antiseptic baths 'reduce infection risk' | News | Nursing Times

›
Using 2% chlorhexidine gluconate cloths for the daily bathing of inpatients, instead of soap and water, reduces the risk of hospital-acquir...
Friday, February 18, 2011

C. Difficile Spreads from Hospital to Community, ACG from MedPage Today

›
Clostridium difficile infection has spread from the hospital to the community but has proved manageable thus far, according to data report...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Balancing infection control with the patient experience, KevinMD.com

›
by Kevin Pho, MD Hospitals have recently been stepping up their infection control procedures, in the wake of news about iatrogenic infectio...
Monday, January 3, 2011

CDC - Seasonal Influenza (Flu) - Flu Activity & Surveillance

›
Flu Activity & Surveillance Reports & Surveillance Methods in the United States Situation Update: Summa...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Study: Surgical Delays Have Profoundly Adverse Impact | National Nursing News

›
A new study emphasizes why caregivers must work to minimize delays in certain elective surgical procedures for patients who have been admit...