«While not all infections are preventable, working toward zero should be the goal. APIC urges all healthcare institutions to pursue zero HAIs and address the resources, systems and cultural changes that will support this effort.” declares APIC CEO Kathy Warye.
The 2009 guides will cover:
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia
- Catheter-associated urinary track infections
- Catheter-associated blood stream infections
- MRSA in long-term care settings
- Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria, a multi-drug resistant bacteria.
APIC’s mission is to improve health and patient safety by reducing risks of infection and other adverse outcomes.
APIC's contribution to the fight against hospital-acquired infections has gained international recognition. Here in Quebec hospital administrators as well as medical staff should follow APIC recommandations and declare healthcare - associated infections a priority in all health care establishments. APIC provides them with all the necessary information, statistics and prevention and control measures needed to be implemented in all establishments. This problem can no longer be ignored. Patients have the right to be receive quality and safe care, considering the tremendous amount of money injected into the
health system by taxpayers.
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