Analysis of Clostridium difficile patterns at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

AIMS: To analyze CDI patterns to TJUH, particularly in Opportunity Units To visually examine the relationship between CDI cases within units Provide data analysis to the CDI working grouphttps://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/1072/thumbnail.jp

Revisiting Family Leisure Research and Critical Reflections on the Future of Family-Centered Scholarship

In this special issue of Leisure Sciences, we examine the progress made and challenges ahead in research on leisure and families—20 years revisited. We consider what advancements have been made in family leisure research and potential new directions that family-centered scholars can look towards. We also consider the dominance of particular theoretical perspectives and methodological designs, and the limitations and consequences of such perspectives, to understand the complexities, diversity, and richness of the lived family experience. Emphasis is placed on the need for scholarship that explores diverse constructions of family and to provide a call to action for family-centered scholars to engage with broader global social issues

Strategic approach of an urban 900-bed academic medical center to combat Clostridium difficile infection transmission using staff engagement

BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) caused nearly 500,000 illnesses with 29,000 deaths in the United States Preventing hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection (HA-CDI) is crucial to modern healthcare systems for reducing mortality, healthcare costs and length of stay There are multiple risk factors for CDI transmission in healthcare settings: Failure to comply with hand hygiene Ineffective equipment and surface cleaning Diagnosis delays Poster presented at: APIC 2017 in Portland Oregon, United States.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medposters/1008/thumbnail.jp

Physician Based Practices and Instrument Sterilization - How do you do it?

Objective To develop a process that allows the PBP to operate efficiently and effectively but still be compliant with proper instrument reprocessing rules and regulations.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/didemposters/1001/thumbnail.jp

An Infection Control Journey in Hospital Based Practice Conversion

Objective Effectively bring physician based practices (PBPs) under hospital licensure Ensure safe delivery of care Produce successful regulatory surveyshttps://jdc.jefferson.edu/didemposters/1002/thumbnail.jp

Hand Hygiene Observations… Not So Secret Anymore

Objective To create a hand hygiene surveillance program to reduce bias, be more reliable, yield a greater number of observations, and provide real time feedbackhttps://jdc.jefferson.edu/didemposters/1000/thumbnail.jp