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Mitigating Risk of Endemic MRSA and VRE Transmission with the Discontinuation of Contact Precautions: Finding the Solution

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

February 25, 2021

Implement Innovative Environmental Hygiene Strategies Despite the scrutiny that environmental cleanliness has received to prevent transmission of these organisms, cleaning...

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Mitigating Risk of Endemic MRSA and VRE Transmission with the Discontinuation of Contact Precautions: Looking at the Issue

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

February 22, 2021

Infection Prevention expert, Joan Hebden, discusses the recommendations for patient management of endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) with contact precautions in part one of this two-part blog.

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Turning Your Product Evaluation into a Publication

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

June 10, 2020

Over the last two decades, heightened attention to patient safety and the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has led to...

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Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

November 13, 2019

Each year, more than 4 million U.S. patients are admitted to or reside in long-term care (LTC) facilities with an...

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The Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals in 2015: Defining Progress and Attention to the Future

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

November 26, 2018

Point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) provide for a national snapshot of this critical patient safety concern and complement...

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The Nose Knows: Addressing Surgical Site Infection Prevention & Antibiotic Stewardship Through Povidone-Iodine Antiseptic Nasal Decolonization

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

May 27, 2018

Decolonization is an evidence-based patient safety practice with the goal of lowering the microbial bio-burden on patient body sites to...

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Target Goals for the Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections: Ambitious But Achievable

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

February 1, 2018

In October 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new targets using data from calendar year...

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Prevention of Intraluminal Contamination of Intravascular Catheters

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

September 22, 2017

Despite a 46% reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in US healthcare facilities from 2008-2013, an estimated 30,000 infections...

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Quaternary Ammonium Disinfectants: Lost in Translation?

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

June 29, 2017

There has been a plethora of scientific literature demonstrating that healthcare-associated pathogens, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococci...

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Chlorhexidine Gluconate for the Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections – Current Science

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

January 4, 2017

Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is an antibacterial antiseptic with the ability to inhibit and kill bacteria associated with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)....

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