The care team works quickly to identify the patient’s meningitis type.
Typically caused by antibiotic therapy, Clostridium difficile is now common in hospitals. Learn how to help stop the spread of this potentially fatal infection.
Don’t miss the second in a four-part series on clinical trials written by nurses from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, which covers phases of clinical trials, informed consent, ethics, and more.
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), the most common healthcare-associated infection, can be deadly.
A weekly update of drug news, including alerts, approvals, and removals.
Many experts think a flu pandemic (perhaps the swine flu) is inevitable, underscoring the need for all healthcare workers
to learn how to use respirators properly.
With the growing reuse of single-use medical devices, ANA supports improvements in end-of-use product management and research on ethical and safety issues related to these devices.
In its early stages, sepsis can be difficult to detect.
Learn about the sometimes-subtle signs and symptoms.
Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone, according to a study released Feb. 22 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Your guide to keeping lifts and slings free from infection.
MRSA, Clostridium difficile, and newly emerging “superbugs” are penetrating deeper into both healthcare and community settings. We need to use critical-thinking skills and rigorous infection control practices to outsmart these pathogens.
Protect your neutropenic patients from life-threatening infections.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a hot topic both in the healthcare arena and at the dinner table.
Medicare has reduced its reimbursement for hospital-acquired conditions. Will some hospitals try to offset the shortfall by slashing nurse staffing?
This five-step program empowers staff to change unit culture and improve patient safety.
The author provides an overview of the issue and suggests some solutions.
One of The Joint Commission’s 2012 National Patient Safety Goals is preventing urinary tract infections caused by
catheters. The author reviews best practices that will help nurses meet that goal.
The author’s study found that when implemented together as a bundle,
three autonomous nursing interventions can dramatically lower ventilatorassociated
pneumonia rates in mechanically ventilated patients.
Learn how you can help reduce the risk of infections in patients receiving treatment for cancer
Infections related to urinary catheters are the most common type of healthcare-acquired infection. The author describes his pilot study of an evidence-based intervention to reduce these infections.
An interdisciplinary sepsis initiative eases the sepsis burden on patients, families, and the healthcare system.
Learn more about this dangerous disease in children.
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One hospital’s Magnet quest and several other factors came together to reduce the infection rate.
Nearly half of ICU patients have central venous catheters, putting them at risk for deadly bloodstream infections. Learn about proven methods for preventing these infections – and about ineffective practices we should abandon.
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