Renal Business Today - Healthcare-Acquired Infections (HAIs)

APIC Releases Website to Combat Central Line Infections

WASHINGTON—A new website has been launched to help drive best practices in order to eliminate central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). ...More

January 26, 2011

Posted in News, Practice Management

HAIs Greatly Increase the Length, Cost of Hospital Stays

WASHINGTON—Adults who developed healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) due to medical or surgical care while in the hospital in 2007 had to stay an average of 19 days longer than adults who didn't develop an infection, (24 days versus 5 days), according to the latest News ...More

August 30, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

Arrogance a Barrier to Healthcare Accountability

BALTIMORE— The healthcare industry doesn’t yet have measurable, achievable and routine ways to prevent patient harm and infections, and in many cases there are too many barriers in the way to attain them, Johns Hopkins patient safety expert Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, argued ...More

July 14, 2010

Posted in News, Practice Management

APIC Announces Second MRSA Prevalence Study

WASHINGTON—As a follow-up to the national MRSA prevalence study conducted in 2006, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announced the launch of the “2010 National U.S. Inpatient Healthcare Facility Methicillin-Resistant ...More

June 16, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma

HAI Drug Market Will Decrease Modestly by 2018

WASHINGTON—Decision Resources, a leading research and advisory firm for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, through 2018, the crowded hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) drug market will be constrained by aggressive generic erosion of key brands, intensified ...More

April 7, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

APIC Responds to Consumer Reports Article on Infection Rates

WASHINGTON—Kathy Warye, CEO of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), issued the following statement: ...More

February 5, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma

Many Hospitals Fail to Reduce Infection Rates Despite Checklists

WASHINGTON—Far too many hospitals fail to lower the rate of deadly central-line bloodstream infections despite the availability of a simple life-saving checklist proven to prevent hospital-acquired infections, according to a new investigative article in the March issue of ...More

February 5, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management

CDC to Distribute $40 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Help States Fight HAIs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced plans to distribute $40 million to state health departments to help prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the money will be distributed ...More

September 2, 2009

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation

AHRQ Launches New HAI Resource Web Page

WASHINGTON—The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has launched a new Web page that features research initiatives and resources on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) for consumers and healthcare professionals. ...More

August 25, 2009

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation

HHS to Hold Meetings on HAI Prevention

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is holding a series of free meetings about the prevention and reduction healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). ...More

August 18, 2009

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management

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