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DNV GL Certification in Infection Prevention: Mitigating Risk on the High Seas and in Hospitals
C. auris: Resistance is Everything
Three CHEERS for the TREND to CONSORT with ORION at the EQUATOR: Or, Reporting Guidelines for Research
CDC Says MRSA Reductions Have Stalled: Have we hit the limit of human processes?
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DNV GL Certification in Infection Prevention: Mitigating Risk on the High Seas and in Hospitals
There are many ways a hospital can be assured that it is performing well. They can conduct internal assessments of patient outcomes, look at patient...
The latest notorious pathogen to receive national press coverage is C. auris, a newcomer to the field and a threat with global implications. Joining...
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Three CHEERS for the TREND to CONSORT with ORION at the EQUATOR: Or, Reporting Guidelines for Research
For almost every type of research design, there is an expert-created set of reporting guidelines that attempts to standardize how data is shared....
Just a week before the beginning of Patient Safety Week 2019, a disheartening report has come out of the CDC showing that no significant reductions...
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KonMari in the Hospital Room
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The New Year could not be complete without a range of predictions about the 12 months to come. In today's post, we'll bring together five of the...
Anyone who reads about the recent fatal healthcare-associated infections in New Jersey shares in the nation's sorrow at the loss of children to a...
This is the week that the international infection prevention community has selected to bring attention to what they do every day: Help protect...
It's not a journal article. It's not an oral presentation. But it IS a little of both. In today's post we'll discuss the ins and outs of conference...
This fall, some proposed changes in the way hospitals and other healthcare facilities report data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...