Search results for "Hand Hygiene"
Helping shield clinicians and the community from contagion
Face shields on top of masks may be another avenue in fighting the global COVID-19 pandemic.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/helping-shield-clinicians-and-the-community-from-contagion.htm
1 Jul 2020
Working together to stop superbugs
The battle against antimicrobial resistance requires a broad line of attack, prompting the CDC to fund projects to expand regional efforts against multidrug-resistant organisms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/02/working-together-to-stop-superbugs.htm
1 Feb 2020
Is it time to forgo the handshake?
With hand hygiene compliance rates so low in health care facilities, some are advocating for physicians to avoid shaking hands and considering other ways of greeting patients. Not everyone agrees.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/03/hand-hygiene.htm
1 Mar 2015
Crossed words: Ticked off
ACP Internist's puzzle feature challenges readers to find clues placed horizontally in rows to reveal an answer written vertically.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/09/puzzle.htm
1 Sep 2014
PERSPECTIVES 4 ACP Internist Gluten-free diets have gotten a ...
Horizontal clues1) Fancy word for hand hygiene gels2) An intern in July, for instance3) Opposite of “euboxic”4) Aspirin works by making cells thus via.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/09/acpi-201409-puzzle_t1.pdf
20 Aug 2014
Hand hygiene recommendations released
Several professional societies, including the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, recently released recommendations on preventing health care-associated infections through hand hygiene.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/22/5.htm
22 Jul 2014
C. difficile difficult for outpatient physicians and patients, too
The majority of Clostridium difficile patients come from outside the hospital setting.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/c-diff.htm
1 Oct 2013
Patient website and infection control plan developed for outpatient oncology clinics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is introducing two new educational resources as part of the Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients program.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/08/6.htm
8 Nov 2011
Invasive MRSA rates dropped dramatically
Free patient resource on adult vaccines available
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/17/6.htm
17 Aug 2010
The next issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
Internists considering or actively planning a switch to hospital medicine can subscribe for free upon request to ACP Hospitalist, the College's monthly magazine reporting on trends in hospital medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/23/9.htm
23 Feb 2010