What a CA-MRSA Infection Looks Like
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- (APIC) National Prevalence Study of Clostridium difficile in U.S. Healthcare Facilities (1)
- $25 Manicure Turns Into $80 (1)
- 000 in Medical Bills (1)
- 000 New Case of Swine Flu in One Week (1)
- 000 Patients at Risk (1)
- 10 Germy Surfaces You Touch Every Day (1)
- 3 Out of 4 Canadian Doctors Skip Hand Washing (1)
- 3 Steps Might Help Stop MRSA's Spread (1)
- 31 Nurses Reveal What to Watch Out for in the Hospital (1)
- 4 Employees: MRSA Outbreak at New York Maternity Ward (1)
- 7 Babies (1)
- A Deadly Bug Invades Our Towns (1)
- A Hi-Tech Approach Helps to Track Infection (1)
- A Mother’s Letter to a Hospital CEO (1)
- A New Design for Healthcare Delivery (1)
- A Short History of Vancomycin (1)
- A Skeptic Becomes A True Believer (1)
- Active Surveillance Works in Pittsburgh (1)
- Administrators Give Thumbs-Up to Screening (1)
- Aggressive Staph Found to Secrete Compound That Attacks Immune Cells (1)
- Aggressive Staph Germ Found to Attack Immune System (1)
- Almost Any Antibiotic Can Lead to C. Difficile Infection (1)
- An HAI Primer (Exhaustive Overview) (1)
- and How Worried Should We Be? (1)
- Antibiotic Overuse Contributes to Rendering Them Useless (1)
- Antibiotic Overuse Threatens Modern Medicine: Experts (1)
- Antibiotic Overuse? Not in Norway (1)
- Antibiotic research: the kryptonite of superbugs (1)
- Antibiotic-Coated Medical Devices Could Cut Infections (1)
- Antibiotic-Resistant Infections (1)
- Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Now a Major Threat to Public Health (1)
- APIC Newsletter Discusses MRSA (1)
- APIC Statement on Need for Increased Infection Prevention Measures (1)
- At Least Three Youths Have Died (1)
- Bacteria (1)
- Bacterial Biofilm: What it is and What it Does (1)
- Bacterial Pneumonia Found to be a Major Cause of Death in Flu Pandemic (1)
- Bad Bugs (1)
- Bath Basins as a Source of Hospital-Associated Infections (1)
- Beaches May Harbor Staph Bacteria: U.S. Study (1)
- Bee Gee Maurice Gibb and Pope John Paul II (1)
- Biofilm: A Tale of Slime Cities (1)
- Biofilms and Device-Associated Infections (1)
- Blue Cross Won’t Cover Costs Tied to Hospital Errors (1)
- Boy's Death From Infection Prompts Health Warning (1)
- Brief History of C. Diff (1)
- Britain Counts 55 (1)
- Bundle Up for Safety (1)
- Bundles. What are They and Why Do We Need Them? (1)
- Bundling Hospital Processes May Help Prevent Infections (1)
- but what about Acinetobacter? (1)
- C diff Becoming More Prevalent (1)
- C. Diff Out of Control (1)
- C. Diff Outpacing Aids Fatalities (1)
- C. difficile epidemic continues to worsen (1)
- Canadian Survey Reports Shocking Non-Compliance (1)
- Cases of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 causing new concern (1)
- Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (1)
- CDC Says (1)
- CDC Urges Health Care Professionals to Use Proper H1N1 Infection Control Measures (1)
- CDC: Swine Flu Questions and Answers (1)
- Cell Phones Helping Spread Hospital Superbugs? (1)
- Central Line Bundle (1)
- Champions for Success Cover Bases With Infection Control Bundles (1)
- Cheap Black Market Antibiotics- Bad Choice for Uninsured (1)
- Child Treated at Hospital Days Before Staph Death (1)
- Children With Flu At Risk Of Death From Staph Infections (1)
- Children’s Staph Infections Increasingly Resistant to Drugs (1)
- Claim MRSA Found in Supermarkets (1)
- Clostridium Difficile Infection (1)
- Clostridium Difficile is a Growing Problem (1)
- Communication Now Part of the Cure (1)
- Community Acquired Infections on the Rise (1)
- Community MRSA Getting More Dangerous (1)
- Compare Your Next Medical Procedure (1)
- Comparison of Community and Health Care-Associated MRSA Infection (1)
- Concerned Parents Seek Answers (1)
- Contact Isolation in Practice in S.C. (1)
- Cook County Jail Tied to Increase in Drug-Resistant Illness (1)
- Crab Compound May Prove Effective Coating (1)
- Cure for MRSA Near? (1)
- Deadly Bugs Survive for Weeks in Hospitals (1)
- Deadly Mess (1)
- Deadly Superbugs are Talking About You (1)
- Did You Wash Your Hands? (1)
- Dirty Little Secrets (1)
- Doctor (1)
- Doctors Question WHO's Severe Swine Flu Warning (1)
- Doctors Told to Stop Prescribing Antibiotics Inappropriately (1)
- Doctors: MRSA (1)
- Doctors' Apparel Tied to Spread of Infection (1)
- Drug Resistant MRSA has Increased by 90% Over the Past Decade (1)
- Drug-Resistant Infections Spur 10X Jump in Hospital Stays (1)
- Drug-Resistant Staph Germ's Toll Is Higher Than Thought (1)
- Early Intervention Can Save Lives (1)
- Electronic Surveillance Systems Aid ICPs in Outbreak Investigation (1)
- Epidemic Proportions. Statistics ... (1)
- Experts Call for Improvements to Control Global Hospital Infection Epidemic of C-Difficile-Associated Disease (1)
- Experts Say Cases of the Diarrhea Bug Are Now in All 50 States (1)
- Facts About Antibiotic Resistance (1)
- FAQ: Community Associated (Acquired) MRSA (1)
- Farms Feeding Us a Side of Disease? (1)
- Fatal in Past Pandemics (1)
- Few Drugs (1)
- Fighting Surgical Wound Infections (1)
- Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) (1)
- First Do No Harm (1)
- Flawed Processes of Care and Hygiene Kill Patients (1)
- Flu or No Flu - Wash Your Hands (1)
- Flu Shot Might Have Prevented MRSA Pneumonia (1)
- Forget MRSA for a Moment (1)
- Gay Men at Greater Risk for MRSA (1)
- Genes Turn On and Off? (1)
- Germs in Surprising Places (1)
- Getting C. Diff Under Control (1)
- Getting to Better Compliance (1)
- GOP lawmaker wants tougher penalties for hospital infections (1)
- Gram Negative Bacteria (1)
- Gram Negative Bacteria May Be Next Wave of Concern (1)
- Gram Negative Bacteria Report Overview from IDSA (1)
- Guidance for Control of Infections with Carbapenem-Resistant or Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Acute Care Facilities (1)
- HAI Facts (1)
- HAI-Related Litigation: What Infection Preventionists Need to Know (1)
- Half of World's ICU Patients Have Infections: Study (1)
- Hand Hygiene Compliance Improves with Incentives (1)
- Hand Hygiene Compliance Remains a Goal Unrealized (1)
- Hand Hygiene Formula (1)
- Hand Hygiene Most Crucial Step to Stop Infections (1)
- Hand Hygiene Prevents Infections (1)
- Hand Hygiene Programs Prove Successful but Widespread Work Still Needed (1)
- Hand Hygiene: Tapeworm Removed From Woman's Brain (1)
- Hand Washing Compliance: Why the Difficulty? (1)
- Hand Washing Helps to Prevent Swine Flu (1)
- Hand Washing Not a Priority for Docs (1)
- Hand Washing: Time Well Spent (1)
- Hawaii Highest in MRSA (1)
- Health Alert: Possible MRSA Cure? (1)
- HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections (1)
- Hi-Tech Infection Surveillance (1)
- Hi-Tech Probe to Predict Wound Infection (1)
- Hospital (1)
- Hospital Acquired Infection (1)
- Hospital bug rate at record low (1)
- Hospital Checklists Can Save Patients' Lives (1)
- Hospital Crackdown Beating Superbug (1)
- Hospital Cuts Deadly Infections (1)
- Hospital Infection Rates to be Posted Online (1)
- Hospital infections disturbingly common worldwide (1)
- Hospital Scrubs Are a Germy (1)
- Hospital's Blood Stream Infections Down to Zero (1)
- Hospitals Look to Improve Infection Prevention Measures (1)
- Hospitals Putting Bigger Emphasis on Hand Hygiene (1)
- House Passes Legislation to Monitor MRSA (1)
- House Staffer Infected With MSRA (1)
- How Biofilm Works (1)
- How to Combat the Latest Supergerms (2)
- How to Properly Wash Your Hands (1)
- Illinois Screenings for Staph are Now the Law (1)
- Improving Adherence to Hand Hygiene Practice: A Multidisciplinary Approach (1)
- In A Pandemic (1)
- Increased Scrutiny Has Hospitals Focusing More on Safety (1)
- Infect Me Not (1)
- Infection Prevention is Everyone's Job (1)
- Infection Prevention Means Mega Savings (1)
- Infection Risk Linked to Premature Delivery (1)
- Infections Account for 1/3 of All Deaths on Planet (1)
- Infections Worry Military Doctors (1)
- Information is New Tool in Fight Against Hospital Infections (1)
- Interim Guidance for Swine influenza A (H1N1): Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home (1)
- Intestinal Superbug Growing More Prevalent (1)
- Invisible Staph Brings Down 200 lb. Football Player (1)
- Is Your Beach Contaminated With MRSA? (1)
- Jump Seen in Staph-Linked Flu Deaths in Kids (1)
- Killer Flu Strains Lurk (1)
- Kimberly-Clark Launches Campaign To Help Reduce Spread of Healthcare Associated Infections (1)
- Klebsiella (1)
- Last Resort Antibiotics (1)
- Law Calls for Mandatory Education and Penalties (1)
- Lawmakers set to make healthcare changes (1)
- Lee County Hospital System Chokes Pneumoni (1)
- Let Me See You Wash Your Hands (1)
- Majority of Hospitals Unprepared Survey Says (1)
- MDROs a Growing and Dangerous Problem (1)
- MDROs Rampant (1)
- Measuring the Prevalence of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease in Hospitals (1)
- Medicare Says Hospitals Must Pay for Mistakes (1)
- Medicare Says It Won’t Cover Hospital Errors (1)
- Medicare Says NO to Mistakes (1)
- Michael Jackson Has Potential Flesh-Eating Infection (1)
- More People Dead From HAIs in One Decade Than Total Toll of American Who Died in Battle in All Wars (1)
- More than 50% Increase in MRSA in Maine (1)
- More Than 60 (1)
- MRSA 10X More Prevalent Than Previously Thought (1)
- MRSA and Flu Can Overlap into Pandemic Proportions (1)
- MRSA Carried by Staff as Well as Patients (1)
- MRSA Increasing in Children (1)
- MRSA Infections Nearly Doubled Over Last 10 Years: Study (1)
- MRSA Leads to Worse Outcomes (1)
- MRSA presents a growing danger (1)
- Mutate for Years Before They Go Pandemic (1)
- New Medicare Regulations Adopted to Reduce HAIs and Medical Errors (1)
- New Precautions to Curb Staph Infections (1)
- New Report Shows High C-difficile Infection Rates in U.S. Hospitals (1)
- New York Hospitals Expand Efforts To Reduce Infections (1)
- Next Generation Antibiotics on the Horizon (1)
- NFL Stars No Match for Bacteria (1)
- Nightmare Scenario is Real ... (1)
- Non-disposable Wires Put Patients at Risk (1)
- Norway’s solution: Stop taking so many antibiotics (1)
- Nose treatment cuts hospital-acquired infections (1)
- Nosocomial Etiologies in UTIs (1)
- Not Flu (1)
- Old Bugs Learn New Tricks (1)
- Oral Bacteria Linked to Health Problems (1)
- Overall Cost-cutting Efforts Lead to Increased Infection Rate (1)
- Overuse of Antibiotics Strengthens Bacteria (1)
- Overuse of Antivirals Could Make H1N1 Pandemic Even Worse (1)
- Patient Safety Awareness Tips from the Joint Commission (1)
- Patient Safety: "Do No Harm" (1)
- Patients Become Partners (1)
- Patients Carry MRSA Between Hospitals (1)
- Patients Want More Information (1)
- Permaguard Invention Fights Spread of Bacteria (1)
- Petri-Dish Screensaver Saves Lives (1)
- Peyton Manning's Staph Infection (1)
- Positive Deviance Reducing MRSA (1)
- Prevention in a Pump (1)
- Professor Battles Bacteria (1)
- Reducing Healthcare-Acquired Pneumonias (1)
- Report Publishes Hospital Infection Rates (1)
- Report: Flesh-eating Bug Kills Cruise Ship Passenger in Hours (1)
- Researchers Verify Link Between Heartburn Medication And Community-Acquired C. Difficile (1)
- Resistant Case of Swine Flu Found in S.F. Teen (1)
- Rise of Deadly Superbugs Should 'Raise Red Flags' Everywhere (1)
- Rising Foe Defies Hospitals' War On 'Superbugs (1)
- Risk of Transmission of Blood-borne Pathogens from Shared Use of Insulin Pens (1)
- Rougly 50% Of Patients In Intensive Care Suffer Infections (1)
- Safer Surgery - Standardized Practice Improves Patient Outcomes (1)
- Save Antivirals for High-risk Cases (1)
- Schools Report Spike in Staph Infections (1)
- Scientists Find Ancient Bacteria in Antarctica (1)
- Septicaemia Killed Christopher Reeve (1)
- Sharp Rise In Skin Infections In U.S. (1)
- She Expected Routine Surgery - But Not Flesh-Eating Bacteria (1)
- Simple Reminders Reduce Deadly Infections (1)
- Simple Techniques Slash Hospital Infections (1)
- Single Course of Antibiotics May Cause Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria that Lasts 6 Months (1)
- Sink (1)
- Six States Report MRSA Infections (1)
- Slime City: Where Germs Talk to Each Other and Execute Precise attacks (1)
- Specific Types of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections (1)
- Staff Size May Lower Infection Rates (1)
- Staff vs Staph (1)
- Staggering Expenses for Surgical Patients (1)
- Staph Bug Causes New Pneumonia (1)
- Staph Cases on Rise (1)
- Staph Fatalities May Exceed AIDS Deaths (1)
- Staph Germs Harder Than Ever to Treat (1)
- Staph Infection Plagues Hootie and the Blowfish (1)
- Staph Infection May Follow People Home From Hospital (1)
- Staph Infections Go Beyond NFL (1)
- Staph infections have risen by more than 90 percent (1)
- Staph Risk at the Beach Leads to Discovery of Disease Fighting Drugs (1)
- Staphylococcus Epidermidis (1)
- Stomach Bug Crystallizes an Antibiotic Threat (1)
- study finds (1)
- Study Finds Simple Steps Reduce CV Catheter Infections by 66% (1)
- Study Reveals Pomegranate Juice Effective in Fighting Bacteria (1)
- Study: C. Diff Sickens More Than Previously Estimated (1)
- Super Bowl 2009: NFL Players and Staph Infection (1)
- Super Bug Bill Targets Hospitals (1)
- Superbug on Rise (1)
- Superbug Turns Cure into Killer (1)
- SUPERBUGS Among Seven Trends That Should Concern Us (1)
- Swabs in Hand (1)
- Swine Flu Could Hospitalize 2 Million in U.S. This Winter (1)
- Swine Flu Outbreak Offers Sneak Peak of Pandemic to Come (1)
- Swine Flu Pandemic Declared by World Health Organization (1)
- Swine Flu Returns to Walt Disney World (1)
- Swine Flu Seen as Cresting (1)
- Swine Flu Spreading at 'Unbelievable' Rate: WHO (1)
- Swine Flu Survival: Three Ways to Protect Yourself (1)
- Swine Flu: What you need to know (1)
- Talking Bacteria and How to Shut Them Up (1)
- Texas Football Succumbs to Virulent Staph Infection From Turf (1)
- The 1st Vaccine Against HAIs (1)
- The Answer to Infection Prevention and How We Must Proceed (1)
- The Big Question: Is Swine Flu Mutating (1)
- The Bugs Among Us (1)
- The Bugs We Can't Defeat (1)
- the Culprit Behind Infection Outbreak (1)
- The Empowered Patient (1)
- The Future of Infection Prevention (1)
- The Killer in the Locker Room (1)
- The Many Faces of MRSA: Community-Acquired Infection Knows No Bounds (1)
- The Most Feared Opponent (1)
- The Next BAD BUG (1)
- The Next Flu Pandemic: What to Expect (1)
- The Paralyzed Man Who Moved Us All (1)
- The Secret Life of Bacteria (1)
- The Shea Guideline Approach (1)
- The Ventilator Bundle: Preventing VAP (1)
- Therapy Dogs May Carry Germs (1)
- These Things Happen (1)
- Three Reports of Oseltamivir Resistant Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses (1)
- UNICEF Advocates Proper Hand Hygiene to Prevent Bird Flu (1)
- USA 600 Strain (1)
- USC's Unlikely Victory Over a Killer Bacteria (1)
- Using New Strategy (1)
- Vancomycin (1)
- Wash Hands to Help Prevent Catching Swine Flu (1)
- We Pay for Medical Errors (1)
- What a CA-MRSA Infection Looks Like (1)
- What is a Hospital Acquired Infection? (1)
- What is Enterobacter Aerogenes? (1)
- What is MRSA? (1)
- Where's My Honey? (1)
- WHO Says Swine Flu Down in Southern Hemisphere (1)
- WHO Set to Declare First Flu Pandemic Since 1968 (1)
- WHO Statistics on HAIs (1)
- WHO Stops Giving Global Swine Flu Tally (1)
- WHO: In Treating H1N1 (1)
- Who’s most likely to spread infection in the hospital? (1)
- Why Hand Washing May Be Your Best Medicine (1)
- Winning the War Against Catheter-Related Infections (1)
- Years After "To Err Is Human": What Have We Learned? (1)
- You've heard of MRSA (1)
- Your Purse is Contaminated (1)
- Zero Tolerance for Infections: A Winning Strategy (1)
Patient Safety and Infection Prevention Resources
- APIC
- Association for Vascular Access
- CHICA - Canada
- Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
- Every Patient's Advocate
- HH Reports
- IFIC
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Pulse
- Safe Care Campaign
- SHEA
- Stop Hospital Infections
- The Alliance for Safety Awareness for Patients
- The Joint Commission
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
- World Health Organization
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