HAIs:

• May 16, 2012 -  Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Q&A With Wava Truscott Of Kimberly-Clark Health Care (Becker’s ASC Review)
  
  

• May 16, 2012 -  Camera Technology May Be Used To Monitor Hospital Hand Hygiene (NursingTimes.net)
  
  

• May 15, 2012 -  APIC President Discusses Infection Prevention Competency Model (Becker’s Hospital Review)
  
  

• May 14, 2012 -  MRSA Infections May Lose Their Resistance (Medpage Today)
  
  

• May 11, 2012 -  Media Advisory: Stop Medical Errors, Hospital Infections: The Second Leading Cause Of Death. Save Tens Of Thousands Of Lives And Billions Of Dollars, Say Book Authors (MarketWire)
  
  

• May 9 , 2012 -  Hospitals Focus Strongly On Improving Patient Satisfaction, Infection Control In Response To Healthcare Reform (PR Web)
  
  

• May 8 , 2012 -  Cut Down On Infections To Reduce Readmissions (Fierce Healthcare)
  
  

• May 7 , 2012 -  Strategies To Improve Hand Hygiene Among Facility Visitors (Becker’s Clinical Quality & Infection Control E-Weekly)
  
  

• May 4 , 2012 -  Expensive Hospital Readmissions Linked To Healthcare-Associated Infections (Infection Control Today)
  
  

• May 3 , 2012 -  Cleaners Important To Health Care (The Vancouver Sun)
  
  

• May 2 , 2012 -  Fort Worth Hospital Giving Its Rooms An Ultraviolet Scrubdown (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
  
  

• May 1 , 2012 -  Medicare Penalty Appears To Drive Hospital Infection Prevention Efforts (Science Codex)
  
  

• Apr 30, 2012 -  Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Issues Annual Report For 2011 (Market Watch)
  
  

• Apr 27, 2012 -  Underlying Health Conditions May Boost C. difficile Risk in Kids (Family Practice News)
  
  

• Apr 25, 2012 -  MRSA Tailors Virulence Mechanisms To The Hospital Setting (Medical Xpress)
  
  

• Apr 24, 2012 -  Columbia University School Of Nursing Expands Research On Infection Prevention (Infection Control Today)
  
  

• Apr 23, 2012 -  Healthcare Acquired-Infection Down, Except For C. Diff (Fierce Healthcare)
  
  

• Apr 20, 2012 -  Largest OR Nurse Education Conference Moves To Online Format (SurgiStrategies)
  
  

• Apr 19, 2012 -  Concerns About MRSA For Expectant Mothers May Be Unfounded (NewsWise)
  
  

• Apr 19, 2012 -  Hospital Readmission Rates Are Misleading, Study Says (Infection Control Today)
  
  

• Apr 18, 2012 -  From Bench To Bedside: Meeting Furthers Evidence-Based Infection Control Practices (Infection Control Today)
  
  

• Apr 17, 2012 -  ACS, CDC Announce Surgical Patient Safety Collaboration To Prevent SSIs And Other Adverse Outcomes (Infection Control Today)
  
  

• Apr 16, 2012 -  Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Cuts Drug Costs—And CDI Rates (Pharmacy Practice News)
  
  

• Apr 12, 2012 -  6 Stories On Boosting Healthcare Environmental Quality (Becker’s Hospital Review)
  
  

• Apr 10, 2012 -  10 Things Hospitalists Should Know About Infectious Diseases (The Hospitalist)
  
  

• Apr 9 , 2012 -  Study Finds 92% Of Hospital Privacy Curtains Contaminated With Pathogenic Bacteria Within One Week (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  

• Apr 5 , 2012 -  Stopping The Spread Of Infections Is In Our Hands (Florida Today)
  
  

• Apr 5 , 2012 -  Patients Hesitant To Ask Healthcare Workers About Hand Washing (EndoNurse)
  
  

• Apr 4 , 2012 -  Hand Washing Initiative To Be Expanded To 27 Alabama Hospitals (The Birmingham News)
  
  

• Mar 29, 2012 -  10 Stories On Tackling Healthcare-Associated Infections (Becker’s Hospital Review)
  
  

• Mar 28, 2012 -  Increased Active Surveillance May Explain Higher Prevalence Of MRSA Since 2006 (Becker’s Hospital Review)
  
  

• Mar 27, 2012 -  APIC Calls On Congress To Support $12M Increase In Budget For CDC’s NHSN (Becker’s Hospital Review)
  
  

• Mar 26, 2012 -  Senators Introduce ‘Safe Medical Devices Act’ (Infection Control Today)
  
  

• Mar 23, 2012 -  Poor Hospital Cleaning Revealed As Major Problem (CBC News)
  
  

• Mar 22, 2012 -  Fighting Infection: UW Hospital Asking All Visitors To ICU To Wear Gowns And Gloves (Wisconsin State Journal )
  
  

• Mar 19, 2012 -  Kimberly-Clark and Safe Care Campaign Team Up With the CDC and Joint Commission to Launch Quick Response Code-Enabled Patient Safety Education Program
  
  

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