Patients Develop Superbug MRSA Infections after Undergoing MRI Scanning
from Market Watch
 Dr. Peter Rothschild, one of the world's foremost MRI experts, is alerting the public to the possible risk of Superbug MRSA infections during medical imaging studies, such as MRI. Numerous patients have developed "Superbug" infections that are resistant to conventional antibiotics after their MRI. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common superbugs that patients have contracted after undergoing an MRI scan. More
CDC Updates Guidelines for Disinfection and Sterilization
from AHA News Now
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidelines for cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing medical devices and the health care environment. New topics include inactivating antibiotic-resistant bacteria and disinfecting complex medical instruments such as endoscopes. More
Restroom Cleaning: Speeding Up the Process
from Clean Link
When it comes to cleaning restrooms, building service contractors, their employees and building occupants will agree: it’s best for workers to get in and out as quickly as possible without forgetting attention to quality. Restroom cleaning, at its most basic, has not changed much as a process in many years. Innovations in other areas, however — such as chemicals, equipment and fixtures — have created efficiencies that can move a janitor through the task, stressing productivity to save time. More
Survey: Laundry Remains Most-Outsourced Hospital Department
from American Laundry News
Laundry services held the top spot among hospital department contracts in 2007 for a second straight year, according to the 30th annual Outsourcing Survey produced by our sister publication, Modern Healthcare.
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Nurses Agree that Collaboration with Hospital Support Service Functions is Key to Patient Safety
from Market Watch
With patient safety growing as a top concern for both hospital leaders and patients, a new survey reports that according to nurses the entire patient care team must be focused on safety. Feedback from 7,472 nurses in a study conducted by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and ARAMARK Healthcare found that nursing collaboration with hospital support service functions, including environmental services, clinical technology services, food and nutritional services, and patient transportation are vital to creating a safer patient environment.
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Acinetobacter is Emerging Hospital Superbug
from AFP
Health providers must arm themselves against a deadly drug-resistant germ that is becoming increasingly common in hospitals and other settings, a study warned.
Headlines about hospital superbugs have focussed overwhelmingly on bacteria called MRSA, for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). But a different pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii, is an expanding threat and controlling outbreaks of it are proving extremely difficult, said the study, published in the British medical journal The Lancet.
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Practice Guidance for Healthcare Environmental Cleaning
from ASHES
Written by the Environmental Services professionals and edited by infection control professionals, this must have ASHES publication contains the requirements and guidelines for environmental cleaning in healthcare facilities. The manual is designed to be used as a resource for implementing proper cleaning protocols by patient care area and is based on guidelines by the CDC, OSHA, and other government agencies. Professionals new to the industry and those looking to revamp their policies and procedures manuals should be particularly interested in this publication. A must have for healthcare libraries.
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Scotland: C.diff 'a Factor in More Deaths'
from BBC
Clostridium difficile infection is a greater contributory factor to deaths in Scottish hospitals than currently recorded, an expert has warned.
It follows a BBC Scotland investigation into the death of 18 patients at the Vale of Leven Hospital, Dunbartonshire. Professor Hugh Pennington said: "C.diff should appear on a death certificate more often than it does."
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