CDC Issues Infection Control Guidelines for Hemodialysis Centers

[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)].

Infection control guidelines in hemodialysis facilities

tient and staff safety. Hemodialysis (HD) patients, as well as dialysis staff, are vulnerable to healthcare-associated infections due to frequent and prolonged exposures to many possible contaminants in the HD environment. The increased risk is mainly due to 1) the immunecompromised status of dialysis patients, 2) frequent and prolonged blood exposure during HD treatments through vascular acces...

Compliance With Infection Control Guidelines in the Operating Rooms

Introduction: Compliance with the safety standards in the operating rooms, as one of the most complex work environments in the health care systems, is very important. One of the safety measures is the infection control standard.  Objective: This study aimed to investigate compliance with infection control standards in the operating rooms of teaching hospitals in Rasht City, Iran. Materials an...

CDC Updates Guidelines for Children’s Lead Exposure

In response to the growing body of scientific evidence about effects of exposure to low levels of lead, 1 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced it is changing its guidelines for children's exposure to the toxic metal, reducing by half the blood lead level at which intervention is recommended. 2 According to CDC spokesman Jay Dempsey, the agency estimates the ch...

Staff knowledge, adherence to infection control recommendations and seroconversion rates in hemodialysis centers in Khartoum.

INTRODUCTION We evaluated hemodialysis (HD) staff knowledge, adherence to infection control recommendations and seroconversion rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 13 centers that continuously provided HD services in Khartoum State between June 2009 and November 2010. METHODS The knowledge of 182 HD staff members was evaluated by a self-filled questionnaire. Releva...