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In addition, and even more problematic, is a finding that triclosan-resistant bacteria have recently been identified (Source: American Journal of infection control, October 2001, pages 281-283). Similar concerns were discussed in Emerging Infectious Diseases (2001, volume 7, issue 3, Supplemental, pages 512-515). The article stated that "The recent entry of products containing antibacterial agents into healthy households has escalated from a few dozen products in the mid-1990s to more than 700 today.

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This type of accreditation means the hospital is evaluated every three years to ensure that it meets the best standards in cleanliness, infection control, drug administration guidelines, etc. More than 15,000 health-care facilities are accredited—but many others aren't. To check, go to www.quali tycheck.org, or call 630-792-5800. Other ways to stay safe... PICK THE BEST HOSPITAL Teaching hospitals affiliated with major medical universities tend to have the latest technology and best-trained staff.

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Expertise is also requested to increase laboratory capacity, advise on hospital infection control and strengthen surveillance for human cases. Jan. 15, 2003 – A fourth case of human infection with H5N1 is confirmed in Vietnam. All four cases, which had been hospitalized in Hanoi, were fatal. Jan. 19, 2003 – A fifth fatal case of H5N1 infection is confirmed in Vietnam, also in Hanoi. A single peregrine falcon is found dead near a residential development in Hong Kong. Testing begins immediately. Two days later, H5N1 is confirmed in samples taken from the bird.

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Surgery was also exalted among heroic allopathic practices even in the absence of anesthesia and infection control. Doctors competed with one another to amputate the most body parts without dispatching the patient. As medical historian Harris Coulter sanguinely noted, "No life insurance company would insure a surgeon's wife."12 This was "heroic medicine," extreme measures for serious or mild conditions that produced undeniably dramatic results. As a highly or- -ri 1 r 1 1 iiii ^ "e horrors of early surgery.

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Does the hospital have an infection control practitioner on its staff? (With some hospitals having serious problems with infections spreading between patients, this is no small consideration. Currently about one in twenty patients pick up a disease while in the hospital; it is believed that one third to half of these could have been prevented if the hospital staff had been doing its job correctly.51) 51 "All Hospitals Are Not Created Equal," Health Pages, http://www.thehealthpages.com/newsday/ar-hosps.htm, 1998. •What is the patent/nurse ratio?

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Robert Runnells, an expert witness hired by attorney Montgomery to argue Acer's negligence in infection control in the now famous Kimwi r/ze Dental Office.1 Runnells wrote that Acer's close friend: consciously or subconsciously, may have begun championing the theory of Acer murdering his patients to keep the case before the public—to continue to emphasize to mainstream America that anyone can get AIDS—whether or not they are gay. In fact, it was [Parsons] who wanted desperately to carry the anti-homophobia message.

They even predicted social changes like the need to legislate AIDS as a disability rather than a disease, and requiring infection control measures that have yet to prove their value in saving costs or lives. WHO consultants further predicted that the masses would try to avoid anything that would bring them in contact with deadly germs. Much of this avoidance was expected to be disproportionate to the actual risk. In my role as a health professional AIDS educator, I recalled several similar experiences.

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Increasing numbers of cases of latex sensitivity have been reported—among patients as well as medical personnel—as more health care workers routinely wear latex gloves as a part of universal infection control precautions (see Box 4.3). Some people develop the annoying and irritating skin rash from contact with the rubber accelerators or antioxidants, but those who become sensitized to latex are at risk of more severe reactions.

Needle-stick precautions, infection control procedures, and vaccinations are particularly important for health care workers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published regulations for the use of barrier devices, such as disposable gowns, gloves, and masks, to protect health care workers from pathogens in blood or other body fluids. They also suggest that health care employers look to new medical technology that can eliminate the presence of needles wherever possible.

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As a general rule of "infection control," healthy nonimmune individuals should stay away from anyone with a contagious disease. For example, if you have a newborn, and an older sibling has a cough that may be pertussis, rsv, influenza, or tb, it is ideal that the nonimmune infant (one who has not been immunized) be separated from the contagious older sibling. MOSKOWITZ: Good question.

How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive: A Guide to Patient Power Sheldon P. Blau, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.R. and Elaine Fantle Shimberg See book keywords and concepts

Often the choice of a particular hospital can affect the outcome of your recovery, due to infection control, patient-staff ratio, and other factors. Be sure the hospital is equipped to handle complications if they should arise, with adequate available technology and experienced staff. Tell me what you propose to do, especially why you may want to use a particular technique over another (such as laparoscopic rather than open approach, lumpectomy rather than simple mastectomy, or excising a cyst in the brain rather than having it shunted).

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Accreditation is entirely voluntary, but can not be achieved unless a hospital meets at least minimum standards in most of the 28 different performance areas JCAHO covers (among these are patient care, medication use, operative procedures, staff standards, laboratory performance, emergency services, and infection control as well as other points). Ninety percent of the hospitals accredited have "Accreditation with Recommendations for Improvement"; this means at least one important area of the standards is not quite as good as it ideally should be.

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Almost grudgingly Altman admits that "the dentist and his staff followed standard infection control measures." Some truly preposterous conjectures were entertained, and then ruled out, by the CDC: The most talked about explanation — that Acer transmitted the virus while having sex with patients under anesthesia — has been ruled out. No infected patient had general anesthesia and all denied having sex with the dentist. According to Altman, "Acer was reported to be bisexual, but epidemiologists have not found any of his sex partners.

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Larson, "Immunologic Benefits of Breast Milk in Relation to Human Milk Banking," American Journal of Infection Control'21, no. 5 (October 1993): 235-42. PREGNANCY AFTER 35 Women over 35 giving birth in a modern tertiary care facility are at no significantly higher risk of difficulties than are younger women, a case-control study found. D. S. Kirz et al., "Advanced Maternal Age: The Mature Gravida," American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 152, no. 1 (May 1, 1985): 7-12. Women 35 or older have twice as many cesarean sections as those in the 20-to-29-year age range. V. Edge and R. K.

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When I was chairman of the infection control committee at my hospital, we had a report on needlestick injuries every month. Most occurred in the course of treating a patient. Only a few were the result of improper disposal of waste. The regulations wouldn't have prevented most of these. It never was okay to leave a dirty needle in the sheets or to toss it in the regular garbage. The problem was human error, competing pressures like the need to save a patient's life, or just plain sloppiness—not lack of regulations. My own father was the victim of a needlestick injury.

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The outbreak was brought under control, in large part, by quarantining and other infection control measures. When the outbreak was finally under control, hundreds of thousands of people had been infected with highly resistant shigella, and thousands of children had died. Could What Happened in Africa Happen Here? Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are actually very common in developing countries. This is because, unlike in the United States, antibiotics can be purchased in developing countries without a prescription.

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Larson, "Immunologic Benefits of Breast Milk in Relation to Human Milk Banking," American Journal of infection control!^, no. 5 (October 1993): 235-42. pregnancy after 35 Women over 35 giving birth in a modern tertiary care facility are at no significantly higher risk of difficulties than are younger women, a case-control study found. D. S. Kirz et al., "Advanced Maternal Age: The Mature Gravida," American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 152, no. 1 (May 1, 1985): 7-12. Women 35 or older have twice as many cesarean sections as those in the 20-to-29-year age range. V. Edge and R. K.

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These suggestions include having a full-time infection control practitioner for each 250 beds, along with a hospital epidemiologist. To fight surgical wound infections, feedback of the infection rates to the surgeons is essential so that he can face the problem better the next time. Hospitals Ignore Anti-Infection Regimen Has this been done in most hospitals? The CDC has set up a system for studying how well their guidelines are being put into practice. Their conclusion is less than optimistic. In fact it is downright discouraging.

SSI [surgical site infections] are a major infection control concern because they are associated with serious morbidity and high cost." Patients who undergo an operation also have higher rates of infection at other sites, such as pneumonia, UTI, and BSI. The risk comes from bacteria in the operative field, the duration of the operation, plus, says the CDC, "the use of high risk devices such as ventilators, urinary catheters, and central intravascular lines during surgery and in the postoperative period.

In September 1997, the hospital closed the unit temporarily and started to take infection control seriously. They examined all the equipment in the ward for the bacteria and have now—only after the deaths—insisted that workers wash their hands with two types of antibacterial soap. The hand-washing problem is so serious that at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, guards were stationed to remind doctors, nurses, and others to wash their hands— and to prevent surgeons from leaving the operating room in their possibly infected scrub suits.

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Ask about their nosocomial infection rate and whether they have a designated infection control staff member; its nurse/patient ratio and if these are registered nurses (RNs) or licensed practical nurses (LPNs); and its rate of medication errors and what procedures are in place to prevent these mistakes from occurring. If they refuse to give you this information, find another hospital if at all possible. Although hospitals are not obligated to give out this information, they should welcome patients who understand the importance of these statistics.

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