Niall Wallace
Evaluating New Innovations in Fecal Management Solutions
Editors Note: Correct Order of Authors is as follows: Niall Wallace, Dr. Harsh Sheth, Dr. Michael Ackerman, Ashlee Garcia, WOCN
Abstract
Fecal incontinence is a debilitating condition that if not...
Abstract: Reducing Risk with Novel Fecal Management Tools
Editors Note: The following is an abstract of an upcoming perspective article.
Abstract:
The risk of transmission of Norovirus and Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections in...
Hospital Infections: The Impact on Healthcare Worker Absenteeism
Abstract
About half of all healthcare worker (HCW) absence can be attributed to gastrointestinal and/or respiratory illness, two sets of conditions that could be caught...
Comprehensive Healthcare Staff Culture Survey
Staff culture eats strategy for lunch.
Or was it breakfast?
THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS CLOSED.
THANK YOU TO ALL THAT APPLIED.
This snappy phrase, often attributed to management...
Insurance Companies Pay the Price for HAIs
Peer Reviewed
Abstract:
Hospitals continually publicize their levels of quality and safety, but there is still a steady increase in occurrences and fatalities due to infections...
New Web Surveillance Technology for Disseminating Data Critical for TB Control
Demonstration Data. Image Courtesy of Public Health Ontario
Peer Reviewed
Abstract:
The investigation of tuberculosis (TB) transmission and control is significantly enhanced in Ontario, Canada through the...
Private: Hand Hygiene Compliance Auditing Does Not Work
Abstract:
In 2009 the World Health Organization began marketing compliance auditing of the “Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” in an effort to improve the hand...
Patient Hand Hygiene: The missing link in preventing Hospital Acquired Infections?
Abstract:
Hospital acquired infections (HAI’s) are a major threat to patient safety and there is substantial evidence that good hand hygiene reduces the transmission of...