CLABSI Prevention Efforts Result in Up To 200,000 Infections Prevented in Intensive Care Units Nationwide
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that as many as 200,000 central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) have been prevented among patients in intensive care units (ICUs) since 1990. The study, published in the June issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, suggests that this progress is likely related to prevention strategies now common in hospitals across the United States.
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SHEA Announces EPI Project Winner
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) announced today the winner of the second annual EPI Project Competition. This young investigator award was presented to Clare Rock, MD, an Infectious Diseases fellow at the University of Maryland, for her proposal seeking to develop a more accurate marker of overall hospital quality that can be objectively applied and compared across hospitals. The EPI Project award, presented to Dr. Rock at the SHEA 2013 Spring Meeting, seeks to further the Society's mission of fostering future leaders in infection prevention and control.
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