Tag: healthcare-associated infections
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Comparing national ratings that compare Kentucky hospitals
A federal agency, magazines and a consulting group have compiled ratings that allow comparison of hospitals. Now Dr. Kevin Kavanagh of Somerset-based Health Watch USA has compiled the ratings, allowing...
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Medicare cuts 11 Ky. hospitals for patient-safety issues; repeaters in Louisville, Danville, Hopkinsville, Lexington, Paducah, Florence
The federal government is penalizing 11 Kentucky hospitals for falling short on patient safety in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, two more than last year. Medicare has imposed...
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Ideas for patient safety: collaboration, transparency, more nurses in hospitals and nursing homes, surgical patients’ risk awareness
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Patient safety was the topic at the 2016 HealthWatch USA conference this month in Lexington, with health advocates calling for a more collaborative and...
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Kentucky Hospital Association will be part of a national effort to reduce infections, other acquired conditions, and readmissions
The Kentucky Hospital Association says it will again be part of a national effort to reduce preventable hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions. “Kentucky hospitals work very hard to provide the highest...
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KentuckyOne under state investigation for critical staff cuts
U of L Hospital (Photo from WDRB-TV) The state is investigating whether patient care is unsafe at University of Louisville Hospital because of staff cuts, particularly in nursing, made...
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Bacteria that can’t be treated by any antibiotic now in U.S.; Kentucky ranks first in one type of antibiotic-resistant infection
A colorized scanning of E.ColiCredit: CDC/Jancie Haney Carr For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria that can’t be treated by “last resort”...
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Initial research is promising for an ancient combination of natural ingredients to kill MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant superbug
Researchers in England say an ancient folk cure might help kill the superbug MRSA, Justin Moyer reports for The Washington Post. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is among the infections that have...
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New rule will improve reporting of antibiotic-resistant infections in health-care facilities, which are getting worse in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky will have a new weapon, in the form of data, to fight infections acquired in hospitals and other health-care facilities, with legislative...
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‘Superbug’ considered the worst one yet is still not widespread in Kentucky hospitals, but officials predict it is coming
A new deadly superbug that is almost totally resistant to antibiotics and kills about half who get bloodstream infections has found its way to community hospitals in the Southeastern United...
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Nightmare, drug-resistant superbugs, including one that kills half the people who get it, are a big threat
“Nightmare bacteria” leading to deadly infections that are difficult and sometimes impossible to treat are on the rise in American hospitals, and threaten to spread to otherwise healthy people outside of...