Author: John Jernigan, MD Director of the Office of Prevention Research and Evaluation, CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Every day, patients get infections in healthcare facilities while they are being treated for something else. Unfort…
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A Nurse’s Personal Story of Sepsis and a Healthcare-associated Infection
By incoaoc on September 18, 2015 in All News, Antibiotic use, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Long Term Care (LTC), Safe Healthcare, Sepsis
Guest Author: Sherrie Dornberger RN, GDCN, CADDCT, CDP, CDONA, FACDONA Executive Director, National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA) As a professional nurse turned patient, I have personally experienced the …
Incorporating Antibiotic Stewardship into the Care of Residents in Nursing Homes
By incoaoc on September 17, 2015 in All News, Antibiotic use, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Long Term Care (LTC), Safe Healthcare
Guest Author: Richard Gelula, MSW Executive Director, The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care Among the most important responsibilities in caring for people in nursing homes and other long-term care settings is taking the time to learn w…
Consultant Pharmacists Can Help Improve Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes
By incoaoc on September 16, 2015 in All News, Antibiotic use, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Long Term Care (LTC), Safe Healthcare
Guest Author: Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, BCPP, CGP, FASCP Professor, Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacy Practice and Science UMB School of Pharmacy Director, Clinical and Educational Programs of Peter Lamy Center Drug Therapy and Aging As a consultan…
Protect Nursing Home Residents by Improving Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes
By incoaoc on September 15, 2015 in All News, Antimicrobial Resistance, Clostridium difficile, Healthcare-associated infections, Long Term Care (LTC), Safe Healthcare
Author: Nimalie Stone, MD Medical Epidemiologist, CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Improving the use of antibiotics in healthcare is critical to protect patients and reduce the threat of antibiotic resistance. In nursing homes, antibiotics are frequently prescribed medications; as many as 70% of residents receive antibiotics over the course of a year. However, a
The Role of the Clinical Environment of Care in Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections
Guest Author: J. Hudson Garrett Jr., PhD, MSN, MPH, FNP, PLNC, CSRN, CHESP, VA-BC, FACDONA Industry Liaison, Board of Directors Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE), A Personal Membership Group of the American Hospital Association Today, I’m here at CDC with the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) to talk with CDC about critical issues
Harnessing Home Care in Early Sepsis Recognition
By incoaoc on September 10, 2015 in All News, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Safe Healthcare, Sepsis
Guest Author: Al Cardillo Executive Vice President Home Care Association (HCA) of New York State Early recognition of potential sepsis symptoms, rapid referral for confirmatory diagnosis, and swift intervention are imperative to protect patients. Healt…
The Long Tail of Sepsis
By incoaoc on September 9, 2015 in All News, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Safe Healthcare, Sepsis
Guest Author: Hallie C. Prescott, MD, MSc Pulmonary and Critical Care University of Michigan Ann Arbor VA Hospital I am an intensive care unit (ICU) doctor. Ever since I began medical training, I was drawn to the ICU. I love the challenge of caring for…
The Cost of Sepsis
By incoaoc on September 8, 2015 in All News, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Safe Healthcare, Sepsis
Guest Author: Jim O’Brien Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital I am biased about sepsis, but I will try to put that aside and present an argument for why people who have day jobs like me – hospital a…
The Need for EMS to be on the Lookout for Pediatric Sepsis
By incoaoc on September 4, 2015 in All News, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Safe Healthcare, Sepsis
Guest Author: Rommie L. Duckworth, LP Founder, Director New England Center for Rescue & Emergency Medicine, LLC Anya Coronel was born on April 18, 2009. A beautiful baby girl, Anya was born with spina bifida, a birth defect that, while corrected by surgery, would leave her prone to infections as well as a condition known
The Power of Families in the Battle against Sepsis
Guest Author: Orlaith Staunton Do you know that it is possible to prevent sepsis by the simple act of providing antibiotics and fluids when it is suspected? We didn’t know this when our beautiful son Rory Staunton died at just 12 years of age when em…
A Healthcare Risk Manager Shares Her Advice after Personally Surviving Sepsis
By incoaoc on September 2, 2015 in All News, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Safe Healthcare, Sepsis
Guest Author: Pamela L. Popp MA JD DFASHRM CPHRM AIM DSA Executive Vice President/Chief Risk Officer Western Litigation In January of 2008, I joined the ranks of sepsis survivors. I too was placed on a ventilator, given months of antibiotic and antif…
A Sepsis Nurse Shares her Personal Experience with Sepsis
By incoaoc on September 1, 2015 in All News, Healthcare-associated infections, Safe Healthcare, Sepsis
Guest Author: Susan A. Irick, MS, RN, ACNP-C Disease Manager for Pneumonia and Sepsis Northeast Georgia Medical Center Sepsis is a term I have heard my entire nursing career. It never had quantifiable significance to me until the past 3 years. Now, sep…
“NARMS Now: Human Data” paints national picture of antibiotic resistance in foodborne bacteria
By incoaoc on August 27, 2015 in All News, Antibiotic use, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Safe Healthcare
Author: CDC Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED) Wondering how antibiotic resistance in foodborne bacteria has changed over time? You’re in luck. With CDC’s new interactive tool, NARMS Now: Human Data, you can view trends in antibiotic resistance over the past two decades for four bacteria transmitted commonly through food: Campylobacter, E. coli
The Public Health Response to CRE in Wisconsin (Part 3 of a 3-part Series on the August 2015 Vital Signs: Making Health Care Safer: Stop Spread of Antibiotic Resistance)
By incoaoc on August 13, 2015 in All News, Antibiotic use, Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-associated infections, Safe Healthcare
The latest CDC Vital Signs includes mathematical modeling that projects increases in drug-resistant infections and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) without immediate, nationwide improvements in infection control and antibiotic prescribing. During the next five years, with investments, CDC’s efforts to combat C. difficile infections and antibiotic resistance under the National Strategy to Combat Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria,