The article reports on the new legislation, guidelines and educational initiatives in infection control in primary care in Great Britain, as of February 10, 2006. Education is fundamental to good practice and all healthcare staff should...
Since 2002, 4 states have enacted legislation that requires health care organizations to publicly disclose health care鈥揳ssociated infection (HAI) rates. ... L Mckibben,T Horan,JI Tokars,... - 《American Journal of Infection Control》 被引量: 1473发表: 2005年 Vancomycin Use in a Universi...
The Registered Massage Therapist (RMT/MT) follows safe Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) procedures to protect the health and safety of clients, themselves and others in the practice environment. Requirements The RMT must: Adhere to current IPAC government orders and directives, legislation and...
Healthcare-Associated Infections and Biofilms Louise Suleman, ... Steven L. Percival, in Biofilms in Infection Prevention and Control, 2014 Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) are a result of direct medical care; treatment in hospitals, care homes and the patient’s own residenc...
Infection control in the intensive care unit: progress and challenges in systems and accountability. Attention to the improvement of safety in healthcare lately has focused on healthcare-associated infections, including many that occur in the intensive car... JE Patterson,PN Malani,LL Maragakis - ...
Summary Control measures aimed to reduce the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections include active surveillance cultures (ASCs), contact isolation of patients colonised with epidemiologically significant pathogens, and pre-emptive isolation of high risk patients. However, the benefits of these measur...
Toward a Legislative Solution to the Growing Hiv/aids Epidemic in Russia: A Case for Expanded Health Privacy The Russian Federation faces one of the fastest growing rates ofHuman Immunodeficiency Virus ("HIV") infection in the world. In 1995, Russiaadopted comprehensive legislation addressing HIV an...
all of which have had strict surveillance programs for decades.2By 2011 in the United States, at least 27 states had legislation regarding hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), including MRSA.10Most states mandate the reporting of HAIs; some also require the implementation of infection control plans...
Healthcare-associated infection HELICS: Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance ICU: Intensive care unit IPSE: Improving patient safety in Europe k: Kappa LCBI: Laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection NHSN: National Healthcare Safety Network NNIS: System National ...
The past decade has witnessed an intense interest in healthcare‐associated infections as well as increases in legislation and reporting requirements aimed... DK Henderson,TN Palmore - 《Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology》 被引量: 26发表: 2010年 ...