Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - What Do French Wine and Hospital Infections Have in Common?
Authors: Payal K. Patel, Sanjay Saint
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2017)

Web Exclusives21 March 2017Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - What Do French Wine and Hospital Infections Have in Common?Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH and Sanjay Saint, MD, MPHPayal K. Patel, MD, MPHFrom Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Search for more papers by this author and Sanjay Saint, MD, MPHFrom Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M17-0275 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.—Florence NightingaleOne hundred fifty years ago, times were tough: Childbirth was often fatal, young soldiers were dying in the hospital, and French wine was spoiling before consumption. Three hygiene heroes—Ignaz Semmelweis, Florence Nightingale, and Louis Pasteur—promoted ideas that would save mothers, soldiers, and the wine industry.Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis faced a dilemma in 1846. Women in the physicians' ward were 5 times more likely to die after childbirth than women in the midwives' ward. Recognizing that ...References1. Mortimer EA, Lipsitz PJ, Wolinsky E, Gonzaga AJ, Rammelkamp CH. Transmission of staphylococci between newborns. Importance of the hands to personnel. Am J Dis Child. 1962;104:289-95. [PMID: 14476378] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Erasmus V, Daha TJ, Brug H, Richardus JH, Behrendt MD, Vos MC, et al. Systematic review of studies on compliance with hand hygiene guidelines in hospital care. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010;31:283-94. [PMID: 20088678] doi:10.1086/650451 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Kiyoshi-Teo H, Krein SL, Saint S. Applying mindful evidence-based practice at the bedside: using catheter-associated urinary tract infection as a model. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013;34:1099-101. [PMID: 24018928] doi:10.1086/673147 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Gilmartin HM. Use hand cleaning to prompt mindfulness in clinic. BMJ. 2016;352:i13. [PMID: 26728590] doi:10.1136/bmj.i13 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Cao J, Min L, Lansing B, Foxman B, Mody L. Multidrug-resistant organisms on patients' hands: a missed opportunity. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176:705-6. [PMID: 26974592] doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.0142 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Disclosures: Dr. Saint reports personal fees from Doximity and from Jvion, outside the submitted work. Authors not named here have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Disclosures can also be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M17-0275.Requests for Single Reprints: Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Taubman Center Floor 3, Reception D, 1500 East Medical Center Drive SPC 5352, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; e-mail, [email protected]edu. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAnnals for Hospitalists - 21 March 2017 David H. Wesorick and Vineet Chopra Metrics Cited byFoundational Elements of Infection Prevention in the STRIVE CurriculumPayal K. Patel, MD, MPH, Kyle J. Popovich, MD, MS, Sue Collier, MSN, RN, Shelby Lassiter, BSN, RN, CPHQ, Lona Mody, MD, MSc, Jessica M. Ameling, MPH, and Jennifer Meddings, MD, MScAnnals for Hospitalists: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of an Easier Way for Hospitalists to Access AnnalsDavid H. Wesorick, MD and Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc 21 March 2017Volume 166, Issue 6Page: HO2-HO3KeywordsBirthDisclosureHospitalistsHygienePrevention, policy, and public healthResearch laboratoriesSafetySystematic reviewsUrinary tract infectionsWine ePublished: 21 March 2017 Issue Published: 21 March 2017 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2017 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...