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Sutter Health’s supply chain team celebrated at AHRMM Healthcare Purchasing News and Sutter Health’s supply chain team celebrated their Supply Chain Department of the Year award at HPN’s booth #345 at The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) on Monday August 8. A number of Summit Healthcare’s


The statistics on Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Surgical Site Infections (SSI) make it all too apparent that getting infected while we are addressing health concerns is a major concern in itself.


The most common HAIs are as follows:


Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)


Surgical site infection (SSI)


Pneumonia (ventilator-associated pneumonia - VAP)


Central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI)


The CDC estimates that, on average: 1 IN 31 hospitals patients


1 IN 43 nursing home residents have an HAI on any given day.1


CDC data from 2020 states that every year there are


1.7 MILLION infections 99,000 associated deaths


from HAIS.2


The estimated costs of HAIs on the US healthcare system range from


$96 TO 147 BILLION.


2 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)


3 Extended spectrum ß-lactamases (ESBL-producing Enterobacterales)


4 Vancomycin-resistant enterococci 5 Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas 6 Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter.4 References online at https://hpnonline.com/21277460


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For more dirt on germs read “Playing the odds of prevention” on page 22.


6 3


HAIs are most often caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which have potential to lead to sepsis or death; the following 6 are labeled by the CDC as most serious:


1 Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)


32% 22% 15% 14%


suppy chain team members accepted their congratulatory plaque and six foot cover blow up of their team picture HPN August magazine cover on the AHRMM trade show floor. The northern California-based Sutter Health Summit’s team was selected by HPN’s editorial advisory board members the value their ability to change processes, strategies to improve tactics, partnerships, and professional relationships to generate desired results. Read on: https://hpnonline.com/21276847


FDA issues update on monkeypox response


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on its multipronged response to monkeypox in the United States, including its efforts in the areas of diagnos- tics, vaccines and therapeutics. The agency has also established a dedi- cated website to provide important infor- mation about the FDA’s ongoing regulatory activities related to monkeypox along with frequently asked questions. The FDA will provide updates as developments occur and will continue to work with federal public health partners and industry to ensure timely access to all available medical countermeasures. “The FDA has been closely tracking reports of monkeypox transmissions in the United States with our federal pub- lic health partners and coordinating pre- paredness efforts accordingly,” said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. “We understand that while we are still living with COVID-19, an emerging dis- ease may leave people feeling concerned and uncertain, but it’s important to note that we already have medical products in place, specifically an -approved vaccine for the prevention of monkeypox disease and an FDA-cleared diagnostic test. The FDA is using the full breadth of its authorities to make additional diag- nostics and treatments available. We will continue to collaborate with our partners across all sectors to expand accessibility to countermeasures and bolster the tools in our arsenal as appropriate.”


The monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus


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that causes smallpox (a virus that has been eradicated globally). Both monkeypox and smallpox fall into the category of “ortho- poxviruses.” Monkeypox is generally not fatal and typically resolves on its own without treatment. The current outbreak in the U.S. usually presents as a rash on the body, face or genital area. Although there is a very low risk of dying, there have been reported complications including severe pain, at times requiring hospital admission. Read on: https://hpnonline.com/21275947


Common chemicals linked to billions in healthcare costs According to a release by NYU Langone Health, daily exposure to a class of chemicals used in the production of many household items may lead to cancer, thyroid disease, and childhood obesity, a new study shows. The resulting economic burden is esti- mated to cost Americans a minimum of $5.5 billion and as much as $63 billion annually. The new work revolves around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (, a group of more than 4,700 manmade chemicals that experts have detected for decades in the blood of millions of people. The chemi- cals are used, for example, in the produc- tion of water- and oil-resistant clothing, electronics, and nonstick cookware, and people are thought to ingest them as food comes into contact with packaging. The substances are believed to disrupt the func- tion of hormones, signaling compounds that influence many bodily processes. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman


School of Medicine, the new study in roughly ,000 mericans identified  medical conditions that may result from  eposure, such as infertility, diabetes, and endometriosis, a painful disorder of the uterus. Together, the diseases generate medical bills and reduce worker productiv- ity across a lifetime to create the costs mea- sured by the study, say the study authors. ur findings add to the substantial and still-mounting body of evidence suggest- ing that eposure to  is harming our health and undermining the economy,” says study co-author Linda G. Kahn, h, , an assistant professor in the epartments of ediatrics and opulation Health at NYU Langone Health. revious investigations have uantified


the medical burden and financial costs of low birth weight due to  eposure. However, the new study, published online July 26 in the journal Exposure and Health, incorporates a much broader range of health consequences across the lifespan, says Dr. Kahn.


For the investigation, the researchers determined how many Americans were


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