Showing posts with label David Thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Thompson. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2015

New Study Finds Benefits to Increasing Nurse-Physician Collaboration

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Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) decreased when collaboration between nurses and physicians working in critical care increased, accor...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Nurse Team Reduces CAUTI Infections Through EHR Tool

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A nurse-led initiative at a Missouri hospital used Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to reduce the number of catheter-associated urinary trac...
Friday, January 9, 2015

Preventing Hospital Acquired Infections among Elderly ICU Patients Reduces Death Risk, Saves Money

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Elderly patients who develop hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) while in intensive care units (ICU) are approximately 35 percent more likel...
Friday, July 25, 2014

New Guidance Shows Importance of Evidenced-Based Best Practices in Hygiene

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A new guidance published in the August issue of  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology   emphasizes the importance of proper hand hygi...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Study Finds Weekly Emails Can Empower Nurse Leaders to Help Curb Hospital Acquired Infections

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Incorporating hospital leaders into weekly email reports empowered nurses to better fight infections at Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) in ...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Rates of Infections, Falls, Pressure Ulcers, Other Hospital Acquired Conditions Drop

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Hospitals saw a nine percent decrease in harms experienced by patients from 2010 to 2012, according to a new report from the U.S. Health and...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Nurses Can Effectively Use Hospital Approach to Infection Prevention in Dialysis Settings

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Safety assessment tools and interventional approaches, such as those used by nurses in hospitals, are also effective in reducing catheter-re...
Monday, April 7, 2014

Infections Drop by nearly 20 Percent with Reduced Blood Transfusions

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Reducing the amount of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions performed in hospitals can also reduce infection rates, according to a new study pu...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

More than a Third of Patients at Community Hospitals Receive Inappropriate BSI Antibiotics

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One out of every three community hospital patients being treated for a bloodstream infection (BSI) get inappropriate antibiotic therapy, ac...
Friday, February 21, 2014

Interdisciplinary Team Approach Needed to Battle HAIs Effectively

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Nurse-led, interdisciplinary team-based approaches are needed to effectively prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), according to a ne...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

HHS Plan to Reduce HAIs on Track for Some Categories, Improvements Still Needed

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The Health and Human Services’ (HHS) plan to reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) has made progress in numerous areas, but more work i...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Joint Commission Guidelines for Preventing Bloodstream Infections Emphasize Role of Nurses

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Guidelines and a toolkit released this week by the Joint Commission highlight the key role nurses play in preventing central line-associat...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

International Infection Prevention Week 2013

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October 20-26 is International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), sponsored by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Ep...
Friday, May 24, 2013

New Sepsis Guidelines Put Nurses at the Center

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Hospital-acquired infections can be deadly and nurses can play a key role in preventing or ameliorating those infections. New guidelines for...