The AHA and four other health care organizations today released on Oct. 8 a compedium of strategies to help prevent the most dangerous infections that hospitals face. Distilled from the latest guidelines and scientific evidence, the compendium identifies what hospitals should be doing, and how, to prevent staph and C. difficile infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, bloodstream infections caused by central-line catheters, and urinary tract and surgical site infections.
“As of today, the nation’s infection control team has a common ‘play book’ − one that harnesses the latest authoritative information in a clear and concise manner for everyone’s benefit …especially the patient,” said AHA President and CEO Rich Umbdenstock at a Washington, DC, press event. In addition to the AHA, the partnership includes the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and The Joint Commission.
The full text of The Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals is available here.
ref. AHANews.com
Sunday, October 12, 2008
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