Sarah Haessler, MD

Dr. Haessler is the Hospital Epidemiologist and a faculty member in the division of Infectious Diseases at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield Massachusetts, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.  In addition, she oversees infection control at 5 community hospitals in the Western Massachusetts region. She received her medical degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed her medicine and infectious diseases fellowship training at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

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Emerging Multi-Drug Resistant Infections Lack Standard Definition and Treatment

Infection control practices for detecting and treating patients infected with emerging multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) vary significantly between hospitals. A study from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network, a consortium of more than 200 hospitals collaborating on multi-center research projects, found this inconsistency could be contributing to the increase in multidrug-resistant bacteria. The study is published in the April issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Date added: 03/07/14

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Hospital Food Safety Measures Reduce Risk of Contaminated Hospital Food

A new study found more than 80 percent of raw chicken used in hospitals in food for patients and staff was contaminated with a form of antibiotic resistant bacteria called extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing E.coli. While sufficient preparation eliminated the presence of bacteria, poultry meat delivered to hospital kitchens remains a potential point of entry for these dangerous bacteria into the hospital. The study was published in the April issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Date added: 03/07/14

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