Infection Prevention: Understanding Efficiencies and Improving Outcomes
Through managedhealthcareexecutive.com, Jim Gauthier relates the CDC estimates that on any given day, 1 in 31 hospital patients and 1 in 43 nursing home residents has a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), which is an infection that occurs while being treated in a medical facility. HAIs can have devastating effects on physical, mental/emotional, and financial health. In addition, they cost billions of dollars in added expenses to the healthcare system. To reduce these numbers and establish efficacies in infection prevention, we need to understand the role environmental surfaces and patient care equipment play in these types of infections. Poorly maintained and contaminated…
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