Becker's Healthcare June 14, 2023
Hospitals nationwide continue to see a rise in HAIs, and technologies to aid infection control are increasingly coming on scene to help, but one nurse says that a combination of going “back to basics” along with these new innovations may be the best way to combat the issue.
“We are challenged with getting folks back to the basics like good hand hygiene, following through with transmission based precautions if it’s a multidrug-resistant organism infection that we’re trying to prevent, or proper care of a central line and bundles too,” Connie Steed, MSN, RN, infection prevention consultant and former director of infection prevention at Prisma Health in Greenville, S.C., and the former president of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control...
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