Here are five findings on infection control highlighted in Becker's Hospital Review or Becker's ASC Review within the past four months, beginning with the most recent.
1. Paper towels may be a better choice than electric dryers for hand hygiene.
2. Mass spectrometry technology combined with antimicrobial stewardship reduced length of stay and hospital costs for patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections.
3. Central line-associated bloodstream infections may increase a hospital's margins, creating a disincentive to reduce these infections.
4. All skin antiseptics are not completely sterile, and a number of clinical infections associated with a variety of approved products have been reported to the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
5. Healthcare staff generally have a poor technical understanding of the infection Clostridium difficile.
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