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Quick Standard Precaution Protection with StatPaqTM

May 11, 2009

The H1M1 virus (swine flu) is refocusing the healthcare community on the importance of reducing the spread of infections. Standard precaution protection is more important than ever for basic prevention of spreading infections. Designed for patient care settings where contact with transmissible infections may occur, the StatPaq Standard Precautions Kit provides a simple infection control solution.

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Health Care–Associated Infections: A Serious Public Health Problem

The health care system and patient populations in the United States have changed substantially over the past several decades. According to an American Hospital Association report, there were 31,811,673 hospital admissions in 2005, with an average length of stay of 6 days, down from 7.3 days in 1980.1 As the length of stay in these facilities decreases, those patients remaining in acute care facilities are likely to be those requiring extensive medical interventions, and are therefore at high risk for health care–associated infections (HAIs).

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