AJIC......NAN June 2018

American Journal of Infection Control.
This journal reported alarming statistics yesterday.

1. The use of Ultrasound probes is being accepted in more and more hospital departments
2. The various departments do not communicate with each other
3. For semi-critical procedures, such as ultrasound-guided tissue sampling procedures (e.g. biopsies), the survey demonstrated there was 41% non-compliance, a 61% non-compliance was also identified in the ultrasound-guided delivery of drugs/therapeutics, such as nerve blocks or intra-articular injections and for ultrasound probe usage across
   non-intact skin e.g. burns, skin breakdown or partially healed wounds, non-compliance was 45%.
4. This report has the potential to cause an earthquake in the field of infection control.
5. In my opinion this low compliance is fuelled by the cumbersome traditional procedures of infection control.
6. The medical profession is the most CONSERVATIVE profession you can find. Outdated practices and environmentally hazardous.
7. There is a once in a lifetime opening for NAN to educate the hospital community, to improve communication among departments
8. NAN is introducing Trophon 2 in first quarter 2019. It has automatic communication features that facilitate intra hosital departmental communication and records for hospital management . These records may be subpoened by courts
9. The sky is the limit for NAN