Tag: Antibiotics
FDA approves new drug to treat C diff
The Food and Drug Administration in May 2011 approved the first new drug in 25 years to treat diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile, a pathogen that one study suggests may have surpassed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as the leading hospital-acquired infection, according to the New York Times. In clinical trials, fidaxomicin…
Hardwiring a process for antibiotics
Hardwiring the process for giving and discontinuing prophylactic antibiotics for surgery helped a university hospital drive up compliance with national guidelines, the July 2008 Journal of the American College of Surgeons reports. Finding education wasn't enough, the authors developed a process with "hard stops" at key points before and after…
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