Pharmaceutical Conservation Key to Slowing Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
September 7, 2010 | News Release
Proposal would reward drug companies for reducing resistance.
Hospital Acquired Infections/MRSA
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Recent Research About Nursing, July 2010
July 30, 2010 | Story
New studies look at efforts to prevent life-threatening infections.
Battling the Superbugs
February 26, 2009 | Commentary/Story
Some 5 percent of patients admitted to a U.S. hospital will contract an infection during their stay. Such infections cause a staggering 99,000 deaths per year, and a growing proportion no longer respond to a wide range of antibiotics. The RWJF-funded Extending the Cure project has published three op-ed articles recently on this critical topic.
New Study Shows Sepsis and Pneumonia Caused by Hospital-Acquired Infections Kill 48,000 Patients; Cost $8.1 Billion to Treat
February 21, 2010 | News Release/Video
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone.
Recent Research About Nursing, August 2012
August 29, 2012 | Story
New studies conclude that collaborations between hospital nurses and pharmacists can help avert medication errors, and link nurse 'burnout' to hospital-acquired infections.
New Study Finds MRSA on the Rise in Hospital Outpatients
November 23, 2009 | News Release
Seven-fold Increase in Potentially Lethal Superbug
CDC Analysis Finds Unique Social and Behavior Intervention Helps Reduce MRSA Rates Up To 62 Percent
March 20, 2009 | News Release/Video
"Positive deviance" efforts turn the tide on antibiotic-resistant infections.
Recent Research About Nursing, March 2012
March 26, 2012 | Story
New studies examine the recession's impact on nurses' commitment to their current jobs, project a large 2012 nursing shortage in Florida, and connect nursing certification programs to reduced levels of hospital-acquired infections.
Sharing Nursing's Knowledge: What's in the February Issue
March 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Are you signed up to receive Sharing Nursing’s Knowledge? The monthly Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) e-newsletter will keep you up to date on the latest nursing news, research and trends. Here are descriptions of some of the stories in the Fe ...
Improving the Safety of Patient Care by Looking at the Airline Industry
December 1, 2011 | Program Result
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine applied a step-by-step approach used to dramatically reduce aviation fatalities to improve the use of two devices that account for a disproportionate share of medical errors in hospitals.