Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative - CDC
Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative - CDC
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing health threats facing the world today.
Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative - CDC
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing health threats facing the world today.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Toolkit for Carbepenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are alerting healthcare providers and facilities about the public health need to properly maintain, clean, and disinfect or sterilize reusable medical devices. Healthcare facilities (e.g., hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, clinics, and doctors’ offices) that utilize reusable medical devices are urged to immediately review current reprocessing practices at their facility to ensure they (1) are complying with all steps as directed by the device manufacturers, and (2) have in place appropriate policies and procedures that are consistent with current standards and guidelines.
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Environmental cleaning (EC) is a fundamental principle of preventing infection in the hospital setting.
Per CDC - This guideline includes specific recommendations for implementation, performance measurement, and surveillance.
Hospital Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist - to assess and improve hospital preparedness in responding to pandemic influenza.
Surveillance Reporting for Enrolled Facilities - Acute Care, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Long-term Acute Care Facilities, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Long-term Care Facilities, and Outpatient Dialysis Facilities.
Per TJC - The headlines seem ripped from horror-movie posters: A “deadly bacteria” sweeps Florida. A “night- mare bacteria” outbreak emerges in Chicago. California hospitals battle a “superbug.” Even more alarm- ing, these illnesses aren’t being spread in crowded malls or air- planes—they’re happening in healthcare settings.
Here is a listing of multiple sites within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pertaining to Bedbugs.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides clinical guidelines, tools, education and training materials and access to medical literature pertaining to sepsis.
This is two page illustrated instruction sheet on the proper sequence to don Personal Protective Equipment - both in English and Spanish. From the CDC.
The use of Single and Multi-dose Vials and the risk for infection is presented in this educational animated slide presentation. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).