Infection Prevention
What Experts Are Saying About Infection
Infection prevention efforts are underway at hospitals and healthcare facilities across the nation. Knowing that healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), including bloodstream infections (BSIs) and surgical site infections (SSIs) are a significant risk for not only patients, but for the staff who care for them, major players in our healthcare system are recognizing the problem and instituting prevention practices to help alleviate these all-too-often tragic infections. In these interviews and reports, learn what experts say about the impact of HAIs.
Dr. Jerome E. Granato, Allegheny General Hospital
Jerome E. Granato, MD, is currently the medical director of the coronary care unit (CCU) at Allegheny General Hospital’s (AGH) department of medicine in Pittsburgh, Pa. Under his direction, the CCU at AGH has developed a number of innovation strategies to eliminate hospital-associated infection. In 2006 and 2007, there were 15 consecutive months where the unit did not have a single catheter-related bloodstream infection ... More information
Lillian Burns, MT, MPH, CIC, Infection Control Coordinator, Greenwich Hospital
Lillian A. Burns, BS, MT, MPH, CIC, is a clinical laboratory technologist, infection control practitioner, and health education specialist. She is currently the infection control coordinator at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut. Ms. Burns’ research activities focus on the management of infectious diseases and infection control practices to prevent the transmission of infection, and she has written extensively on these subjects for various medical publications … More information
Report on Impact of HAIs in the U.S.
Wall Street Journal Article
Associated Press Article
What the CDC Says
