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Hospital-wide universal decolonization protocols have shown to reduce healthcare-associated infections, including those caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Our facility decolonization protocol consists of a daily

A suburban community hospital in Illinois identified an increase in central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in 2021. Review of each CLABSI demonstrated a need to enhance documentation and/or performance of central line maintenance for patients

The burn program at an academic medical center experienced an increase in burn patient census in 2021. Critically ill burn patients are placed in an intensive care unit (ICU) serving burn, trauma and neurosurgery patients. Burn patients are at an

Journal of Research in Nursing, Volume 28, Issue 6-7, Page 516-528, November 2023. Background:Although nurses and midwives make up the largest sector of the National Health Service (NHS) workforce, studies have identified a lack of knowledge, skills

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities in 2020-2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities in 2020-2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 239-251, January 2022.

The global system for pandemic alert and response is “not fit for purpose”, highlighting the need for a new framework in the wake of COVID-19, experts appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an interim report presented on Tuesday.