Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
Modern healthcare employs many types of invasive devices and procedures to treat patients and to help them recover. Infections can be associated with the devices used in medical procedures, such as catheters or ventilators. These healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) include central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Infections may also occur at surgery sites, known as surgical site infections.
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) prevention and reduction are longstanding quality and patient safety priorities.
Join this webinar to learn the impacts of HAIs and how an automated hand hygiene solution can benefit patients and hospitals. Joan Ivaska, executive director of infection prevention at Banner Health shares the role hand hygiene plays within their infection prevention plan.
Here’s a look at some breakthrough advances cited by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) that are designed to help providers tackle some of the most complex diseases.
Every year, thousands of patients across the United States are impacted by the effects of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections (HO-CDIs). In this webinar, we examine the limitations of current interventions to prevent transmission of C. diff. We also present the manner in…
Sources of hospital onset bacteremia (HOB), its identification, how effectively HOB can be prevented, treated and considerations for quality metrics.
Adults receiving dialysis treatment for end-stage kidney disease were 100 times more likely to have a Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection than adults not on dialysis during 2017-2020, with the risk 40% higher for Hispanic patients than white patients, according to a report released today by…
A Quality Leadership Roundtable that took place at the 2022 American Hospital Association Leadership Summit in San Diego. Hosted by the AHA Living Learning Network.
What has caused increases in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) since 2020 and how can we stop this trend?
What has caused increases in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) since 2020 and how can we stop this trend?