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Transparency or confusion? Debating the merits of hospital-acquired infections reporting

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/06/transparency_or_confusion_west.html

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Patients asking questions

The infection-control specialists say they field an increasing number of calls from patients worried about infection risks. Some have questions about data they have seen on infection rates.

“You hear the frustration in their voices because it’s a difficult topic for people in the hospital to discuss,” Greenwald said. “What I like to discuss are the process measures we put in place to prevent infections from occurring. They are always grateful to hear that.”

Those processes might include having the patient take antibiotics or shower with an antiseptic soap before surgery. Patients may be screened to see if they are “colonized” with a staph infection, which would put them at greater risk of infection in surgery.

Saint Mary’s recently added new lab equipment that allows doctors to get results on MRSA and C.diff tests in hours, rather than in days. (not mentioned which one. Hope it was from MZEI)

The more quickly staff finds out a patient has a C.diff infection, the more quickly an infected patient can be put into contact isolation. Nurses and doctors treating the patient wear gowns and gloves. The environmental services staff has special cleaning agents for the room after the patient leaves.

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Infection persists after 13 years for Michigan woman

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/infection_persists_after_13_ye.html