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Hello Everyone, May I know your practice about wearing white coats in your hospital? There are studies about contamination of white coats right. Thanks Nicolo Andrei A. Añonuevo, MAN, RN Manager - Infection Prevention and Control Asian Hospital and Medical Center 2205 Civic Drive, Filinvest City Alabang, Muntinlupa City, 1780 Philippines Tel. No. 771-9000 loc. 8414 / 8014 Mobile No. +63 939 927 7184 Website: http://www.asianhospital.com Facebook: /AsianHospitalOfficial Twitter: @asianhospital SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands! Privacy and Confidentiality Notice : This ...

​What method do you calculate your CDI rates...per 10,000 patient days or using the SIR from NHSN or other?

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By Steven J. Schweon, RN, MPH, MSN, HEM, CIC Infection Prevention Consultant, Board Certified in Infection Control We live in a world of antibiotic-resistant infections, poor hand hygiene / vaccine compliance rates, and environmental hygiene challenges coupled with regulatory mandates to reduce infection and promote patient safety. Resultingly, every healthcare professional has a role in infection prevention. As an Infection Preventionist, my responsibility is to partner with the hospital staff and keep patients, staff, visitors, and volunteers safe from infection. Tenets of infection prevention and control are woven into the fabric of everyday ...

Although vaccination remains the best way to prevent influenza, the pooled efficacy of trivalent inactivated vaccine is approximately 60% while that of live attenuated vaccine is about 80%. The authors of this study highlight the lack of rigorous data supporting influenza vaccination, particularly in those groups most at risk. The authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of influenza vaccine efficacy and effectiveness using only studies that used laboratory confirmed influenza as an endpoint (either by PCR or culture). The authors chose these stringent criteria as serologic confirmation of influenza is confounded by vaccine effect and influenza-like ...

Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! It is with great pleasure and excitement that I step into the role of SHEA President, and I am thrilled to be working with such an amazing group of volunteers and staff. Thank you for this opportunity to serve the mission and vision of SHEA. For those of you who do not know me, I am currently the Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning and Director of the Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. In the past 20 years, I have worked in, and promoted research and education in the field of healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention. I have ...

Dear SHEA Colleagues, Last month, I mentioned the considerable energy SHEA has given to educational programs. I’m pleased to announce that SHEA has launched the online continuing medical education Antimicrobial Stewardship program. Three multidisciplinary programs emphasize practical steps to implement and manage stewardship initiatives and are relevant to all healthcare settings. SHEA also partnered with the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) to create a session focused on pediatric antimicrobial stewardship. Take a moment to look at this program and share it with your colleagues and others who could benefit. ...