Safe Patient Project: MRSA

Study: Half of Infection Deaths Linked Directly to Hospital Care

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:49:00 -0600

Sepsis and pneumonia, two infections that can often be prevented with tight infection control practices in hospitals, killed 48,000 patients and added $8.1 billion to heath care costs in 2006 alone, according to a study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Hospital Infection Rates: How Are Wichita Hospitals Doing?

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:14:51 -0600

"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."

Infection rates improving inside America's hospitals

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:39:29 -0600

Consumer Reports recently reviewed hospitals around the country and found some medical centers are still slipping.

MI: Fighting Hospital Infections

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:26:48 -0600

When patients enter intensive care units central lines are vital to life. These long, flexible catheters deliver essential medications, nutrition and fluids. But they can just as quickly deliver deadly bacteria into your bloodstream. Consumer Reports researched central line blood stream infection data on 926 hospitals in 43 states including Michigan.

Bronx hospitals clean up their act to lower infection rates in ICU

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:07:29 -0600

A recent report compiled by Consumers Union comparing infection rates reported by hospitals in 2008 showed that Lincoln Medical Center in the Bronx had 44% fewer infections than the national average.

NEW MEXICO HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS PREVENTION PLAN

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:34:58 -0600

2010 state patient safety legislation

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:13:51 -0600

2010 state legislation concerning hospital infection prevention, drug safety, medical errors and doctor/staff accountability.

Consumer Reports Health: Many Hospitals Fail To Lower Infection Rates Despite Lifesaving Checklist

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:35:55 -0600

'Extraordinary resources' needed to tackle C. diff

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:46:58 -0600

At a conference in Scotland, experts warned that containing C-Difficile infections requires vigilance. "In Scotland C. diff has overtaken MRSA as the leading cause of deaths from hospital-acquired infections, and it is rapidly becoming resistant to antibiotic treatment."

Consumers Union "To Err Is Human, To Delay Is Deadly" Webcast

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:18:06 -0600

Prevention and Control of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Dealing With Reality, Resistance, and Resistance to Reality

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:40:55 -0600

Excerpt: "While the world attempts to control the current pandemic of H1N1 influenza virus infection, the impact of a previous pandemic of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection (ie, widespread endemicity in hospitals) continues virtually unnoticed."

Mapping the distribution of MRSA across Europe

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:20:07 -0600

By mapping MRSA cases in Europe, researchers were able to determine that MRSA occurs in geopgraphical clusters. They conclude that screening patients for MRSA is an effective strategy for limiting the spread which is mainly through health care networks and not in communities.

Webinar on MRSA tracking and reporting in the states

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:51:04 -0600

Hosted by the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) sponsored this webinar where speakers presented on Tennessee's infection reporting system and using the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

MRSA 'spread by patients moving between hospitals'

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:23:40 -0600

MRSA is mainly spread by patients moving between hospitals, Dutch researchers have said.

MRSA surgical infections exact heavy clinical, financial toll

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:19:00 -0600

Preventing the resistant staph infection could lower readmission and mortality rates and save hospitals thousands in costs associated with caring for readmitted patients.