Weekly News Round-Up: March 13th, 2009
>>Mar 10/09
Support Services Crucial to Infection Control, Study Says
CUPE says control of HAI is “much more complex than people just washing their hands”:
The research paper draws from reports in countries including Canada, Scotland and the United Kingdom, which note that clinical studies and audits have linked HAI outbreaks with understaffing, increased workload, high turnover and inadequate training.
Charlottetown medical unit reopens after superbug causes lockdown
A Charlottetown hospital, which recently stated an outbreak of MRSA and VRE was over, just re-opened after lockdown to control another superbug problem.
Part of Charlottetown’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital was locked down Monday afternoon and night, and has since reopened after a patient tested positive for a superbug.
Hospital officials are still trying to determine the source of the bacteria.
>>Mar 11/09
How contractors are battling infection during hospital construction
Building Design & Construction looks at how hospital infection control can be considered at the earliest stage of construction or renovation.
Every year, about 90,000 patients in U.S. hospitals contract nosocomial infections — they get sick (or sicker) from something they caught in the hospital. Two or three thousand of them die as a result.
Building Teams are helping to attack this problem by taking steps to control the spread of infection sources during construction of new facilities or additions, or during renovation of existing hospitals.
>>Mar 12/09
Kenta Secures $10M to Advance Antibodies against Nosocomial Infections
Kenta Biotech has raised $10m in private financing to cover the “ongoing development of two antibodies targeting aggressive bacteria that cause nosocomial infections.”
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