HAIs:

• May 16, 2012 -  Camera Technology May Be Used To Monitor Hospital Hand Hygiene (NursingTimes.net)
  
  

• May 16, 2012 -  Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Q&A With Wava Truscott Of Kimberly-Clark Health Care (Becker’s ASC Review)
  
  

• May 14, 2012 -  MRSA Infections May Lose Their Resistance (Medpage Today)
  
  

• May 14, 2012 -  APIC President Discusses Infection Prevention Competency Model (Becker’s Hospital Review)
  
  

• May 8 , 2012 -  Cut Down On Infections To Reduce Readmissions (Fierce Healthcare)
  
  

• May 7 , 2012 -  Strategies To Improve Hand Hygiene Among Facility Visitors (Becker’s Clinical Quality & Infection Control E-Weekly)
  
  

• May 4 , 2012 -  Expensive Hospital Readmissions Linked To Healthcare-Associated Infections (Infection Control Today)
  
  

• May 3 , 2012 -  Evaluation of the national Cleanyourhands campaign to reduce Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals in England and Wales by improved hand hygiene: BMJ
  
  

• May 2 , 2012 -  Fort Worth Hospital Giving Its Rooms An Ultraviolet Scrubdown (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
  
  

• Apr 25, 2012 -  MRSA Tailors Virulence Mechanisms To The Hospital Setting (Medical Xpress)
  
  

• Apr 19, 2012 -  Concerns About MRSA For Expectant Mothers May Be Unfounded (NewsWise)
  
  

• Apr 18, 2012 -  From Bench To Bedside: Meeting Furthers Evidence-Based Infection Control Practices (Infection Control Today)
  
  

• Apr 12, 2012 -  6 Stories On Boosting Healthcare Environmental Quality (Becker’s Hospital Review)
  
  

• Apr 10, 2012 -  10 Things Hospitalists Should Know About Infectious Diseases (The Hospitalist)
  
  

• Apr 9 , 2012 -  Study Finds 92% Of Hospital Privacy Curtains Contaminated With Pathogenic Bacteria Within One Week (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  

• Apr 5 , 2012 -  Patients Hesitant To Ask Healthcare Workers About Hand Washing (EndoNurse)
  
  

• Mar 29, 2012 -  10 Stories On Tackling Healthcare-Associated Infections (Becker’s Hospital Review)
  
  

• Mar 22, 2012 -  Fighting Infection: UW Hospital Asking All Visitors To ICU To Wear Gowns And Gloves (Wisconsin State Journal )
  
  

• Mar 19, 2012 -  Kimberly-Clark and Safe Care Campaign Team Up With the CDC and Joint Commission to Launch Quick Response Code-Enabled Patient Safety Education Program
  
  

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