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On Preventable Hospital Infections – wth Videos
By Barbara Dunn
Hello Dr. David E. Marcinko and all ME-P Readers and Subscribers
You may have seen that the government recently released its annual report on the quality of health care Americans receive. While there have been some improvements, the news was not positive: hospitals still have work to do to put an end to the ongoing, but very solvable, problem of patients acquiring life-threatening infections in hospitals.
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A Dangerous Education
Patients, their caregivers, and health care professionals need to educate themselves on the dangers and what can be done to protect people from getting sick while in the very place they went in order to get well.
HAI = Healthcare Associated Infection
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To help achieve that, Kimblery-Clark Healthcare has put together a website called “Not on My Watch” at www.haiwatch.com to educate patients and health care professionals. Their goal is to eliminate these preventable illnesses and their often tragic consequences.
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I hope you will help in this effort, too, by informing the readers of Medical Executive Post about how they can learn more about protecting patients from preventable hospital infections. I’ve created a useful site that you’re welcome to check out and grab resources from: http://haiwatchnews.com
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Please let me know if you have any questions or need more information.
Barbara Dunn
barbara@haiwatchnews.com
www.haiwatch.com
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Shortages Led to Re-Use of Unsterilized Instruments at MS Clinic: [VA Report]
Last week, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) transmitted to the President and Congressional oversight committees findings of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) investigation confirming that improperly cleaned and poorly sanitized instruments were distributed to clinics and operating rooms at the VA’s G.V. Montgomery Medical Center (Jackson VAMC) in Jackson, MS.
The report also stated that prior to 2006, providers specifically in the Jackson VAMC podiatry clinic experienced frequent instrument shortages, resulting in the re-use of unsterilized instruments. The agency stated that this problem was resolved by the purchase of additional instruments. A podiatrist was also added to both leadership rounds and the Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) Oversight Committee, and a quality manager was hired for RME.
Source: Infection Control Today [10/29/10]
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Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Hospitals
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2010/11/antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-in-hospitals-a-time-for-action.html#comments
Is it now a time for action?
Jason
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Washington State health data now includes infection rates
http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2010/12/wash-health-data-now-includes-infection-rates/
Has this solidified its position as a leader in health data transparency?
Cindy
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CDC Releases Guidelines to Prevent Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have released new evidence-based guidelines for preventing infections related to intravenous catheters. More than a quarter of a million bloodstream infections occur annually in hospitals, resulting in more health complications for patients, longer lengths of stay, and increased costs, the CDC said in the report.
In their recommendations, which replace guidelines drafted in 2002, the CDC and HICPAC emphasized education and training, use of maximum sterile barrier precautions during insertion and specific antisepsis preparations. In addition, the report also stressed the benefits of bundled improvement strategies and monitoring.
Source: Maureen McKinney, Modern Healthcare [4/1/11]
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Study Finds Drop in Deadly V.A. Hospital Infections
An aggressive four-year effort to reduce the spread of deadly bacterial infections at veterans’ hospitals showed impressive results and may have broad implications at medical centers across the country.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/hospitals/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1007474
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1000373
Ann Miller RN MHA
[Executive Director]
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Contamination at the VA
A quarter of the nation’s Veterans Health Administration medical centers and the agency’s outpatient mail-order pharmacy used recalled alcohol prep pads and other products blamed in lawsuits for infections and a death, prompting a new round of concerns from a U.S. senator.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42962665/ns/health-infectious_diseases
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CHCH Center, Sac Bee investigate hospital-acquired infections
In a series titled “Death by Complication,” the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting and The Sacramento Bee teamed up to investigate hospital-acquired infections in the state as well as efforts to combat them.
http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2011/06/chch-center-sac-bee-investigate-hospital-acquired-infections/
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