Revisiting CLABSI prevention strategies: Pt 1
Follow the basics to keep your patients safe. Takeaways: · Central line–associated bloodstream infection prevention requires meticulous attention to insertion, care, and maintenance of…
Infection Prevention Advisor
How dirty is your cellphone?
You wash your hands…maybe you should clean your phone PATIENT SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK is March 10-16, 2019. Are you aware of these facts? Preventable…
Candida auris: Nurses’ response to an emerging threat
Prevention and management of “superbugs” or “nightmare bacteria” require that nurses understand the complexity of the organisms involved and their impact on the care…
Mobile devices and healthcare-associated infections
More and more healthcare professionals use mobile handheld devices (MHDs)— tablets and smartphones—to facilitate care documentation and as resource tools. In fact, 50% to 60%…
NICE Network: Nurses leading change in infection prevention
For 2 years, the Nursing Infection Control Education (NICE) Network, a partnership between the American Nurses Association (ANA), the Centers for Disease Control and…
Preventing surgical site infection
Stopping infection requires effective discharge teaching. Takeaways: Executing a successful discharge is the ultimate goal for all involved in the perioperative process. An interprofessional…
Empowering nurses with infection control resources
As the frontline defense in many healthcare facilities, nurses and their knowledge of infection control principles and confidence in infection control protocols are essential to…
Operationalizing the ANA CAUTI prevention tool in acute-care settings
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: The American Nurses Association (ANA) led an initiative in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Partnership for…
Revisiting CLABSI prevention strategies: Pt 1
Follow the basics to keep your patients safe. Takeaways: · Central line–associated bloodstream infection prevention requires meticulous attention to insertion, care, and…
How dirty is your cellphone?
You wash your hands…maybe you should clean your phone PATIENT SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK is March 10-16, 2019. Are you aware of these…
Candida auris: Nurses’ response to an emerging threat
Prevention and management of “superbugs” or “nightmare bacteria” require that nurses understand the complexity of the organisms involved and their impact on…
Mobile devices and healthcare-associated infections
More and more healthcare professionals use mobile handheld devices (MHDs)— tablets and smartphones—to facilitate care documentation and as resource tools. In fact, 50%…
NICE Network: Nurses leading change in infection prevention
For 2 years, the Nursing Infection Control Education (NICE) Network, a partnership between the American Nurses Association (ANA), the Centers for Disease…
Preventing surgical site infection
Stopping infection requires effective discharge teaching. Takeaways: Executing a successful discharge is the ultimate goal for all involved in the perioperative process.…
Empowering nurses with infection control resources
As the frontline defense in many healthcare facilities, nurses and their knowledge of infection control principles and confidence in infection control protocols are…
Operationalizing the ANA CAUTI prevention tool in acute-care settings
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: The American Nurses Association (ANA) led an initiative in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’…
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