This facility is one of the first ones to identify this problem. So
this article is not a new one from our discussion in the spring. This
data from many hospitals was presented at several spring conferences
including INS. There was also a very recent publication in the
journal, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology from reporting
the Johns Hopkins experience. Lynn
At 9:46 PM -0800 1/10/06, Penelope Scott wrote:
Hello all,
I'd like to revisit the topic of positive pressure/mechanical valves
and bloodstream infections, prompted by this article:
Patient Safety Monitoring Finds Law of Unintended Consequences
Related to Infections
http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hotnews/61h91354954019.html
The link is not clickable, but you can cut and paste the address
into your browser to get there.
There was a lot of discussion a few months ago about a similar set
of concerns.
Thanks,
Penny
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