Issue 23, December 2007 Control of Infection and Contamination

Copenhagen symposium was a "jubilee"!
All time high audience of over 400 clinicians - thanks !

10th Clinical Window Scientific Symposium
Anesthesiology in three dimensions

2nd June, 2008 - link to program
Copenhagen, Denmark - as part of Euroanaesthesia Scientific Program

28th ISICEM (Brussels 2008) - 150 participants!

9th CLINICAL WINDOW: Thanks to our two speakers who made this an excellent educational seminar on Noninvasive ventilation, infection control and proper means to suction our high demanding intensive care patients. Excellent to meet 150 health care professionals, your feed-back is always appreciated.

News from the WCA 2008 (Cape Town) - audience of 200!

8th CLINICAL WINDOW: The excellent world congress in Cape Town, South Africa is over. Thanks to the great audience of 200, who attended our lectures on Intelligent Integration!

Control of Infection and Contamination

• From the Editor-in-Chief
  by Ilkka Kalli, M.D., Ph.D.
  
• More attention needed to environmental contamination
  by Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D.
  
• Cleanliness Matters - 8th IFIC Presentation (abstract, presentation slides)
  by Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D.
  
• Author's resume : Dr. McCaughey, Ph.D.

Editor-in-Chief: "Proper control of infection and contamination improves safety in healthcare"

Ilkka Kalli MD, PhD, MBA
Anesthesiologist, Editor-in-Chief
Clinical Window Coordinator

In the current issue, Clinical Window writes about control of infection and contamination in healthcare. It has been suggested that proper use of supplies and accessories plays an important role in infection control throughout the hospital. Hence, by providing tailored solutions according to care area and need, it is possible to help clinicians to improve patient safety.

Author of our leading article Dr. McCaughey, PhD (New York, USA) is a health policy expert who has won many prizes for her writings, lectures widely, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is founder and Chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (www.hospitalinfection.org).

In 2007 Clinical Window’s educational program succeeded well. Our web pages now display HON foundation’s certificate, and we organized scientific symposia at three medical congresses (over 300 clinicians attended ESA and ESICM, respectively). In 2008, we will organize four Clinical Window symposia. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the comprehensive list.

Click here for the rest of the editorial views. (More...)

More attention needed to environmental contamination Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D. Main article

Doctors fail to clean their hands before treating patients more than half the time, and when they fail to clean their hands, caregivers working alongside them also fail to clean their hands. In the United States, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many organizations that promote healthcare quality and patient safety, and individual hospitals emphasize hand cleaning, and even urge patients to speak up and request that anyone treating them have clean hands.

That’s a start, but not enough to curb the problem of hospital infections. In fact, at the risk of sounding iconoclastic, there has been almost too much emphasis on hand hygiene and too little attention paid to the importance of cleaning hospital equipment, rooms, and textiles. As long as hospitals are inadequately cleaned, doctors’ and nurses’ hands will become re-contaminated seconds after they are washed. (More...)

Cleanliness Matters New Research and Compelling Economic Data in Support of Infection Prevention Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D. Presentation abstract and slides

Abstract and slides from the scientific symposium at the 8th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC) in Budapest, October 2007. (More...)

Author's resume : Dr. McCaughey, Ph.D.

Clinical Window Scientific Workshops coming soon!

8th Clinical Window Symposium: Three clinical experts on Intelligent Integration. 14th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA), Cape Town, South Africa - We did it: thanks to the audience of 200 clinicians in Cape Town!

9th Clinical Window Symposium: Infection control in mechanical ventilation.
28th Int'l Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM). Brussels, Belgium - We did it: thanks to the audience of 150 clinicians in Brussels!

10th Clinical Window Symposium: Anesthesiology in three dimensions.
Euroanaesthesia 2008 (ESA) Copenhagen, Denmark

11th Clinical Window Symposium: Clinical Aspects on Respiratory Mechanics
European Soc. Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Lisbon, Portugal

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