Discussions in Infection Control

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Study Finds U.S. Hospitals Are not Following Policies Proven to Prevent Life-Threatening Infections – A Call to Action

February 7, 2014 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

A study by the Columbia University School of Nursing found that while most hospitals have evidence-based policies on file for the control and prevention of health care-associated infections (“HAIs”), clinician…

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Best Practices for Reprocessing Gastrointestinal Endoscopes: Two Questions and Answers

May 11, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

April 5, 2013 — Below, I respond to two questions about the reprocessing of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes: “It is an acceptable practice for a GI endoscopy unit to pre-clean the…

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The Effectiveness of Bundles of ‘Best Practices’ for Preventing CLABSIs in ICUs?

December 11, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

Initial remarks: The following is a brief post, written by Dr. Muscarella, that reviews two well-known published studies that discuss the effectiveness of a bundle of best practices for reducing…

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