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Eliminate infections? Check! Infection Control Today Share     The complexity of medicine has been acknowledged as one of the contributing factors of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), in that a greater use of medical devices and interventions invariably results in potential complications and infections. It is the acceptance of these adverse patient outcomes that consternates patient safety experts who are endeavoring to change the mindset of clinicians while using simple tools and strategies proved to fight HAIs. More
Assessing the hidden problem of medical waste disposal Occupational Health & Safety Share
A hidden waste management time bomb is ticking away, and health and safety professionals should understand its full dimensions: the disposal of medical waste, including used syringes, needles, lancets, and other sharps. The safe use, collection, and disposal of medical waste by health care professionals at hospitals and other health care facilities are closely regulated for self-evident reasons: Medical waste and sharps waste pose a substantial health risk to health care professionals, patients, waste workers, and the environment. It's important to understand that these same risks apply outside health care-related facilities, as well. More
Time is running out to register for upcoming ASHES online courses! ASHES Share
ASHES offers a number of online courses that are available to both members and non-members. The deadlines for two valuable courses are fast approaching. The Online Supervisory Course, which April 19, is for the new supervisor or manager. This ten week, self directed program provides participants the opportunity to collaborate, interact, problem solve and complete a targeted final project. The CHESP Study Online Group, that starts April 26, will prepare you to take the Certified Healthcare Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) exam. This online course allows you to collaborate, interact, and review material with your colleagues from all over the nation. This six week online study group is designed as a self-paced course, which means you are responsible for logging into the course and completing the material. Register for these classes while you still can! For more information on a course, please visit the course web page to review course syllabus, or contact ASHES at 312.422.3860 or ashes@aha.org. More
Make the ASHES Annual Conference & Healthcare Marketplace your most important destination this year! Share
Watch this personal invitation to attend the conference from ASHES President Fiona Nemetz, CHESP, Patti Costello, and Planning Committee Member, Rick Sefner, CHESP. Watch video. Registration Open! Process your registration on or before April 23, 2010 and save. Visit the registration website now. Researchers study vaccine to prevent C. diff outbreaks Infection Control Today Share
The thought of being infected with MRSA brings fear and panic to those who know how fatal the flesh-eating bacterial infection can be. Now, recent reports show that a known bacterium is overtaking numbers of MRSA infections in hospital settings, making physicians re-evaluate prevention tactics nationally and leading to a local study which may help with the creation of a vaccine to stop the spread of the illness. More
How will health reform impact workplace safety? Health Leaders Media Share
Lost in all the polarizing rhetoric associated with the passage of healthcare reform—jubilation for one side and social and economic apocalypse for the other side—is information on how reform could affect workplace health and safety. More
Xerox takes technology to hospitals WXXI Share
Technology developed at Xerox is being used to try to protect people from hospital acquired infections (HAIs), which affect millions of people each year. Xerox has created software that can identify whether a patient is at risk, or has contracted an HAI. More
Immune molecules target swine and avian-origin influenza Science Daily Share
Antibodies are immune molecules that have a key role in protecting against infection with influenza virus. The target of the protective antibodies is the influenza protein HA, which varies so dramatically among influenza viruses that it is used to classify them into subtypes (H1-H16). It is thought that the antibodies generated by an individual's immune system protect against only a few closely related influenza viruses. More |
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