Kansas Activity (20 items)
This week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment is launching a new state plan to control healthcare-acquired infections.
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"For years, doctors held the belief that these infections were inevitable and they became an accepted risk of hospital care. Now, research has shown the vast majority of these infections are preventable."
Money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will pay $1 million for infection control in ambulatory surgical centers in Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Michigan, Arkansas, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and Kansas.
A bacterial infection that causes severe diarrhea, and in the worst cases can lead to death, has become rampant in hospitals and nursing homes all across the country. Now, a new, more virulent strain is affecting even healthy people.
Lawmakers are just beginning to take a hard look at the number of people who are getting infections in hospitals and other health-care centers.
Users of WhyNotTheBest.org can now search for and compare data from more than 900 hospitals on the incidence of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)—one of the most lethal hospital-acquired complications. The data show wide variation in CLABSI incidence, in spite of strong evidence on how to prevent them. This data is made possible through a partnership among The Commonwealth Fund, The Leapfrog Group, and Consumers Union.
Plans about what the states are supposed to be doing to eliminate hospital acquired infections.
Link to map that highlights antimicrobial resistance issues at the state level.
Learn about Kansas efforts to alter its payment system for preventable hospital acquired conditions and events that harm patients.
My father broke his wrist and had it set with a pin. The site became infected with staph within a couple of days. It is extremely important to keep our medical facilities as clean as possible and for consumers to be aware of the hospitals infection rates.
There is too much room for improvement
Just do what is Right for a change
More than 290,000 surgical site infections occur in U.S. hospitals each year. Patients who acquire infections from surgery spend, on average, an additional 6.5 days in the hospital, are five times more likely to be readmitted after discharge, and twice as likely to die.
Surgery patients are at risk for infection because surgical incisions create a pathway for germs to enter the body. Maintaining a sterile environment in the operating room is therefore critical to protect patients from being contaminated with bacteria, which can lead to infection.
How well is your hospital, state and the nation as a whole are performing on three key practices that help prevent infections during surgery? Find out here »
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