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Medical industry focuses on energy use, waste Environmental Leader Share     All sectors of the medical industry including equipment manufacturing, medical waste services and healthcare facilities are tackling the issue of sustainability. Some of the latest moves include GE Healthcare's commitment to cut energy use in ultrasound equipment by 25 percent, Sharps Compliance's breakthrough process that eliminates medical waste to landfills by 100 percent, and a new co-generation plant for St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, New York. More
Certain patient populations more likely to carry MRSA FierceHealthcare Share
Hospitals performing active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) should focus on three types of patients more likely to carry the germ in their nasal passages, a new study recommends. Led by Leonard Mermel, medical director of the department of epidemiology and infection control at Rhode Island Hospital, the study of 2,055 patients found that MRSA was present in the noses of 20 percent of long-term elder care patients, 16 percent of HIV-infected patients, and 14 percent and 15 percent of inpatient and outpatient kidney dialysis patients. 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. OSHA considers infectious disease standard OSHA Share
In a slightly surprising turn of events, it seems OSHA isn’t just focusing on aerosol transmissible disease for new regulations, but all infectious diseases. A regulatory agenda last fall identified only aerosol transmissible disease hazards as the reason for a new OSHA standard, similar to the one enacted in California. However, a recent regulatory Web chat with assistant secretary for OSHA, David Michaels, indicates that OSHA is looking into a broader standard. More
Report: Meaningful use of EHRs takes time, resources and planning AHA News Now Share
Hospitals are eager to build electronic health record systems to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, but will find it very challenging to avoid Medicare penalties under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act unless the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services changes its proposed definition of meaningful use, according to a TrendWatch report released by the AHA. More
Court supports stiff fines for egregious OSHA violators OSHA Share
A decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld OSHA’s "authority to penalize employers on a per-instance basis in willful or egregious cases," reports the Environmental Resource Center, April 19. Instead of issuing one violation per inspection, this tactic allows OSHA to issue separate violations and fines for each instance of non-compliance. Click here to read more about this ruling and how it might affect compliance in your healthcare facility. More
Sharps Compliance Inc. repurposes medical waste into new products Infection Control Today Share
Sharps Compliance Inc. has unveiled the patent-pending GREEN Waste Conversion Process™, eliminating medical waste going into landfills by 100 percent. The process transforms discarded medical waste into a new product called PELLA-DRX™ - a clean, raw material used in the manufacture of industrial resources, vital to everything from highways to high-rise buildings. More
New games bring out the geek in IC training American Medical News Share
If you're having difficulty training your younger demographic about infection prevention, perhaps it's time to turn to a card game for help. Two physicians, Dr. Arun Mathews and Dr. Francis Kong, are founders of Nerdcore Learning which recently launched "The Healing Blade." The role-playing card game similar to popular games like "Pokemon," "Yu-Gi-Oh," or "Magic: The Gathering," combines infection control and gaming, according to American Medical News. In March, the two doctors ended up selling more than 90 copies of the game at the American Medical Student Association's annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif. "That type of approach should be taken towards education, where if you want to sit down and learn about all the glorious things that occur in microbiology, you should be able to do that on many different levels," Mathews told American Medical News. More |
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