Infection Prevention Handbook offers IC guidance for new IPs
I just wanted to take a quick minute to congratulate our IC blogger Libby Chinnes, RN, BSN, for her new book, “The Infection Prevention Handbook,” which published last week.
WHO releases updated H1N1 guidance; information on caring for TB patients
Many healthcare workers have voiced a concern that escalated focus on H1N1 prevention could detract from best-practices regarding tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Now there are considerations for patients with both.
More money means more problems for ASCs
On the heels of previous funding for CMS surveys of ambulatory surgery centers (ASC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of $9 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which will go towards state survey agencies in 43 states.
But unlike most stimulus checks, this money could have non-accredited ASCs feeling a bit nervous.
Notes From the field: Floored on sharps container location
Let’s play drop the clothespin into the bottle.
Those were my exact thoughts as I watched a physician as he dropped a needle and syringe into a small sharps container that was sitting on the floor.
Tracking flu absenteeism
NIOSH is seeking to understand how hospitals capture healthcare worker absenteeism from influenza and is interested in hearing about the details of any hospital-based systems in which absences can be tracked, including:
