Infection Prevention
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A comprehensive surveillance solution for healthcare infection prevention and control
Redirect your time to help you prevent HAIs. Integrate and use data to manage outbreaks, improve hand hygiene, track patients and meet reporting regulations.
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Empower your hospital's antimicrobial stewardship teams with the right tools
RLDatix's antimicrobial stewardship software helps you ensure the right drugs are reaching the right patients, at the right time and for the right duration.
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St. Michael's Hospital: An Hour in the Life of an Influenza Case
St. Michael’s Hospital infection preventionist Shara Junaid is at her desk when the phone rings. It’s the hospital lab; a patient in the Emergency Department has tested positive for Influenza A.
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The Challenge of Hospital-Acquired Infections
Between 5-10% of patients admitted to an Australian hospital acquire an infection. Research suggests that hospital acquired infection (HAI) surveillance is the best way to prevent this from happening.
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Reducing HAIs One External Report at a Time
On any given day, 1 in 25 people can develop a hospital-acquired infection (HAI). It's no wonder that HAI prevention is a top priority for healthcare organizations. One strategy? External reporting.
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When Antibiotics Aren't the Answer: Aligning Staff
Inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions are common. Though individually they may seem insignificant, each is contributing to growing rates of antimicrobial resistance, worldwide
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Making Your Antimicrobial Stewardship Efforts Highly Reliable
High reliability organizations (HROs) practices can be applied in your organizations antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) efforts. Why do these principles fit in with AMS? This article will explain why.
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Trends in Infection Prevention and Control: Discover a New Perspective
For this year’s International Infection Prevention Week, find out the latest trends in Infection Prevention and Control to help you discover a new perspective.
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Infection Prevention: A Job for Everyone
For this year’s International Infection Prevention Week, the focus is on shifting the mindset toward an understanding that infection prevention is everyone's responsibility.
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Report Highlights Growing Complications for Antimicrobial Resistance
What do you do when some of the most common bacteria are also the most resistant to treatment?
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Making Your Infection Surveillance Data Work for You
Data’s power lies in how you use it. Take a look at creative uses of infection surveillance data and how to get the most out of the information you’re taking in.
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When Antibiotics Don't Work: Responses to Antimicrobial Resistance
What happens when there are no antibiotics left that work? Learn how organizations in Australia and New Zealand are tackling that question through antimicrobial stewardship.
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Need An Extra Set of Hands? Learn About Remote System Optimization
Do you sometimes wish you had an extra set of hands? Our Remote System Optimization services might just be the solution you've been looking for.
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Evolving Accountability with the Evolution of Infection Prevention
The nature of infectious diseases is changing - your infection prevention and control teams need to be changing, too.
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It's Never Too Late (or Early) To Build a Learning Culture
Learning and change are partners in the evolution of healthcare. There are lots of ways to build a learning culture - from the complexity of a root cause analysis to having open conversations.
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Forecasting the Flu: Bridging Surveillance Gaps with Technology
In the midst of one of the most challenging flu seasons in a decade, experts are looking toward a future where machine learning may help make forecasting more accurate.
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How's Your Hand Hygiene? New Citations Shine Spotlight
The Joint Commission's announcement of new citations for poor hand hygiene brings hospital adherence to the practice under the spotlight.
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Supporting Common Goals: Bringing Together Risk and Infection Teams
As HAIs become more complicated, synergy between risk management and infection prevention teams becomes more critical.
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