ASHES Names 2009 President
from AHA News Now
 The American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services has re-elected Tina Cermignano, operations manager for quality and environmental services at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, as its president for 2009.
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Disinfectants Can Make Bacteria Resistant To Treatment
from Science Daily
Chemicals used in the environment to kill bacteria could be making them stronger, according to a paper published in the October issue of the journal Microbiology. Low levels of these chemicals, called biocides, can make the potentially lethal bacterium Staphylococcus aureus remove toxic chemicals from the cell even more efficiently, potentially making it resistant to being killed by some antibiotics.
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Pest Management Still “Bugging” Healthcare Providers
A Special Contribution to Briefings in Healthcare Environmental Services
The results of a self-assessment survey at HealthcarePestControl.com show the healthcare industry is making strides in pest management but still has room for improvement when it comes to keeping pests outside while reducing pesticide use. Earlier this year, Orkin Commercial Services and the American Society of Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) launched HealthcarePestControl.com, an interactive online handbook that provides free training resources on smarter pest control practices and offers an interactive self-assessment that visitors can use to “score” their pest control programs against best practices recommended by ASHES, Orkin and other experts. More
Armed and Ready: Healthcare Systems Want Higher Employee Flu Vaccination Rates
from Nurse.com
With less than half of nurses and healthcare workers participating in the annual influenza vaccine, many hospitals are taking steps to boost their compliance rate in an effort to protect their patients and keep employees healthy against this preventable illness. More
U.S. Hospital 'Free From Superbugs Thanks to British Disinfectant'
from Telegraph.co.uk
An American hospital has been free from superbugs for two years thanks to a British-invented disinfectant. No cases of hospital-acquired MRSA or C. difficile have been reported at the Munroe hospital in Bloomington, Ind., since it opened two years ago, despite more than 26,000 patients passing through its doors. Staff at the hospital credit a British-made bacteria-killing antiseptic for the success. More
Public Health Schools to Establish Preparedness Research Centers
from AHA News Now
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $10.9 million to establish Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Centers at seven schools of public health. The new research centers were mandated by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2006 to improve federal, state and local public health preparedness. More
C. Difficile and Antibiotics Not Necessarily Linked, Study Finds
from Science Daily
The latest study by Dr. Sandra Dial from the Research Institute of the MUHC, McGill University, and Attending Staff in the Intensive Care Unit at the Jewish General Hospital, questions the assumption held by a vast majority of medical professionals that Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections are essentially always preceded by antibiotic use. More
Science-Based Strategies Take Aim at HAIs
from Infection Control Today
For the first time, five healthcare leaders have collaborated to publish science-based strategies in a new compendium to help prevent the six most important healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The work is called the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. More
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