Infection Prevention and Control at Home.

Newly qualified nurse wins award for infection control.

A RECENTLY qualified nurse who embarked on an ambitious programme to improve care in her nursing home has won a prestigious Nursing Standard award for her work. Shauna Rooney had only been in her first staff nurse job for four months when she decided to revolutionise infection control at Rush Hall Care Home in County Londonderry. Her work led to a 100% reduction in outbreaks of infection at the...

Infection control in home care.

Although home care has expanded in scope and intensity in the United States in the past decade, infection surveillance, prevention, and control efforts have lagged behind. Valid and reliable definitions and methods for surveillance are needed. Prevention and control efforts are largely based upon acute-care practices, many of which may be unnecessary, impractical, and expensive in a home settin...

Breaches in infection control practices.

Challenges and Strategies for Prevention of Multidrug-Resistant Organism Transmission in Nursing Homes

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Nursing home residents are at high risk for colonization and infection with bacterial pathogens that are multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). We discuss challenges and potential solutions to support implementing effective infection prevention and control practices in nursing homes. RECENT FINDINGS Challenges include a paucity of evidence that addresses MDRO transmission du...

Prevention of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Main Studies Reported Between November 2017 and January 2020

EDITORIAL Table 1 summarizes recommendations based on the presented papers. To prevent infection, it is critical to identify high-risk patients and control those risks prior to surgery. Action must be taken at every step of the surgical process, from preoperative to postoperative protocols, including intraoperative measures. In this Editorial some recent issues that surgeons should explor...