Infection Control Today


	JANUARY 14, 2020


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	Poor Infection Control Leads to Deaths of 3 Premature Infants

Pennsylvania health officials have ruled that Geisinger Medical Center failed to follow standard infection control procedures, which led to the death of 3 premature infants last year.

Patients’ Hands in ICUs Pose Hygienic Risk

Investigators with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine say that their findings demonstrate “that ICU patients’ hands may harbor pathogenic bacteria,” providing further evidence of the importance of patient hand hygiene in the fight against hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

Intranasal Mupirocin and Topical Chlorhexidine Wipes Stunt Staph Colonization

Investigators at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine treated parents colonized with staph in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to see if that halted transmission to neonates.

Gown and Glove Can Give Some HAIs the Shove

Doffing protocols for treating patients with infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) appear to help ward off other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), but how potent that effect might be remains uncertain.

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