Read the Full Study on American Journal of Infection Control A Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital study found that a small percentage of nursing home patients carrying multidrug-resistant bacteria are admitted to hospitals without showing symptoms caused by the bacteria. The research – published in the American Journal of Infection Control – highlights […]
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Drug-Resistant Bacteria Carried by Nursing Home Residents is Focus of New Study – American Journal of Infection Control
November 30, 2015Category: Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Stewardship, Hospital, Infection Control, Nursing Home Care
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HHS Proposes to Improve Care for Nursing Home Residents – Includes Infection Control & Antibiotic Stewardship Program
July 24, 2015The White House Conference on Aging announced new changes that would make major changes to improve the care and safety of the nearly 1.5 million residents in the more than 15,000 long-term care facilities or nursing homes that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. If finalized, unnecessary hospital readmissions and infections would be reduced, […]
Category: Healthcare Professionals, Infection Control, Infection Prevention, Nursing
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Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, has worked in the field of infection prevention and control for over 40 years. Connie’s experience encompasses academic and community acute care hospitals, Long -Term Care Facilities and Ambulatory care. Connie recently retired from her position as Corporate Director of Infection Control for Prisma Health. Connie is currently a consultant specializing in infection prevention and control. She is board certified in Infection Prevention and control (CIC) since 1985 and a Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Connie has served APIC as a volunteer leader in multiple capacities including 2020 APIC President. She is published in the field and has presented nationally and internationally. Connie received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Nursing from Clemson University.
Karen Hoffmann, RN, MS, BSN, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA, has specialized in infection prevention and control for over 4 decades, serving for 23 years as the Associate Director of the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE), and is an adjunct faculty at the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine. Karen also served as the Infection Preventionist Consultant for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from 2011 to 2020. She is a Fellow in both the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). In 2019, Karen served as APIC President and has presented nationally and internationally. Karen earned her BS in Nursing from Indiana University and her Master’s in Healthcare Epidemiology from the University of Virginia.