MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hospital acquired infections'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:53:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4565904&cid=t_183501_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpreventing-hospital-acquired-infections-patients-must-be-safety-partners%2F2011.03.09 This is a guest post by Dr. Julia Hallisy. Serious infections are becoming more prevalent and more virulent both in our hospitals and in our communities. The numbers are staggering: 1.7 million people will suffer from a hospital-acquired infections each year and almost 100,000 will die as a result. When our late daughter, Kate, was diagnosed with an aggressive eye cancer in 1989 at five months of age, our life became consumed by doctor visits, MRI scans, radiation treatments, chemotherapy — and fear. My husband and I assumed that our fight was against the ravages of cancer, but almost eight years later we faced another life-threatening challenge we never counted on — a hospital-acquired infection. In 1997, Kate was infected with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRS... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4565904 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:00:43 +0100 4565904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3644715&cid=t_183501_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F09%2Farchives-of-surgery-2010-vol-145-no-3%2F contents page Fade Fave: Effect of Chlorhexidine Whole-Body Bathing on Hospital-Acquired Infections Among Trauma Patients Fade Skinny: Aims to demonstrate whether daily bathing with cloths impregnated with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate will decrease colonization of resistant bacteria and reduce the rates of health care–associated infections in critically injured patients. Finds daily bathing of trauma patients with cloths impregnated with 2% chlorhexidine gluconate is associated with a decreased rate of colonization by MRSA and Acinetobacter and lower rates of catheter-related bloodstream infection and MRSA VAP. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Hospital ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3644715 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:27:55 +0100 3644715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901276&cid=t_183501_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Finformation-overload.html SAN FRANCISCO—Talk about irony: I've got tons and tons of great information to report, and very little time in which to do so. I'm currently at the Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco, fresh off the Medical Group Management Association annual meeting down the coast in San Diego. I'll be at the Collaborative Communications Summit in Los Angeles early next week. Aside from all the frequent-flier miles, I've collected much news from vendors, organizations, and others in health IT. At some point, I'll actually get around to reporting the news. In the meantime, you can check out the story I wrote this week in Digital HealthCare & Productivity about MGMA's desire for health plans to develop a standardized, machine-readable insurance card for all patients.I also wanted to draw your attention... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901276 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:45:00 +0100 1901276 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1455483&cid=t_183501_118_f&fid=36984&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthManagementRx%2F%7E3%2F283243854%2Fhais-free-lunches-in-healthcare.html Something I received in the mail yesterday revived a bit of hope that the US hospital industry may be - FINALLY - 'getting it.'Hiding amidst all the grocery sales circulars was a flyer from Cardinal Health about the Chasing Zero Summit (Washington DC, Sept. 8-10, 2008).Those of you who are following me on Twitter.com know I've been jetting around to quite a few conferences this spring. As I try to calculate ROI for these trips more effectively, I'm being increasingly selective about the shows I think will be productive.At first I was excited about Chasing Zero - it's in my old hometown of DC, so I can see friends, family and colleagues while I'm in the area.According to the invite: "The Chasing Zero Summit is designed to stimulate discussion between the industry's key stakeholders - hospit... Health Management Rx blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1455483 Sun, 04 May 2008 09:57:00 +0100 1455483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1909218&cid=t_183501_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2F286469509%2Finfection-risks-tubal-reversal.html In a recent email inquiry, someone asked if it would be safer to have tubal reversal surgery in a hospital. My response - “It is much safer to have tubal reversal surgery performed at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center than in a hospital.” Infection and Medication Error Risks in Hospitals Roughly 100,000 people wind up with a [...] (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1909218 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:20:38 +0100 1909218