Despite a perception that Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) are becoming more common in the community, CDI remains principally a healthcare-associated infection. Control of CDI, therefore, requires vigilant attention to infection control measures aimed at reduction in antimicrobial use, enhanced ...
Infection prevention and control is one of numerous issues in the forefront of healthcare, and healthcare organizations have taken on the challenge through a variety of means, including hiring infection preventionists. But what, one may ask, separates the one-star experts from the five-star...
The number of home healthcare clinicians who have acquired an as the direct result of patient care is not known. How clinicians practice prevention and control in home healthcare is also unknown. To describe prevention and control policies and practices in the home healthcare setting, an explorat...
Infection control is far better now than 25 years ago, but there remain fundamental issues that limit the development of better infection control practices. These problems include insufficient funding and human resources due to the socialized healthcare insurance system in Japan and the lack of ...
TheU.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) attributes HAIs to approximately 722,000 infections and 75,000 deaths each year in the U.S. alone, as well as $28–33 billion in excess costs. The impact is staggering and has left healthcare spaces searching for better solutions to...
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Healthcare-associated infection control ISSN:1472-6963 (Online) In this topical collection(1 articles) Research article The Child and Youth Mental Health Assessment (ChYMH): An examination of the psychometric properties of an integrated assessment developed for clinically referred children and youth...
Responses suggested that there are relatively high levels of uncertainty among healthcare workers across a range of infection prevention and control issues, including institution-specific issues, surveillance and reporting standards, and readiness and competence to implement policies and respond to outbreaks...
Animal bites, allergies and zoonoses are the major animal-associated health hazards. The type of AAA/T and needs of the patients are important issues to be considered. Specific guidelines including suitability of patients, animals and infection control policies need to be formulated before initiation...
Infection control is required to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases in all health care settings. Infection control demands a basic understanding of the epidemiology of diseases; risk factors that increase patient susceptibility to infection; and the practices, procedures and treatments that ...