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NewsHospitals report to fight infections
Following state law, hospitals in California reported cases of healthcare-associated infections (HAI), including central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), Methicillin-resistant Read more...
More bacteria present when hospital patients moved
Moving patients from hospitals to long-term care facilitiess show increases in the prevalence of the potentially dangerous bacteria methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a Read more...
Study: MRSA hospital-acquired infection rates fall
The U.S. has made some progress in fighting Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals, according to findings from a study published this week in the Journal of the American Read more...
Staph infection risk increases with chest, head operations
Patients who have had brain or chest surgery are more prone to Staphylococcus aureus infections according to a new study from Duke University published in the July issue of Infection Control and Read more...
Transparency, checklists help reduce central line infections
Using a widely promoted checklist strategy created by Johns Hopkins doctor Peter Pronovost and adopted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 44 Illinois hospital ICUs reported zero central Read more...
MRSA infections hospitalizing kids 10 times more than in 1999
The number of children hospitalized for dangerous MRSA infections has exploded from two out of every 1,000 hospital admissions in 1999 to 21 out of 1,000 in 2008, according to a recent study Read more...
Extension of workers' comp 'presumptions' to nurses could cost hospitals up to $500 million annually
Nurses in California are lobbying for passage of a bill that would extend workers' compensation benefits to nurses and other hospital workers who suffer certain infectious diseases or back and neck Read more...
C. diff more common than MRSA, can be contained with bleach wipe, studies find
Just as Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is rapidly becoming one of the most dangerous hospital-acquired infections, new research shows it can be slowed down with a simple bleach disinfectant wipe. Read more...
Hospital punishes poor hand-washing with a pink slip
Employees with patient care responsibilities at Abingdon (Pa.) Memorial Hospital could soon find themselves out of a job if they don't follow hospital policy on hand-washing. This twist is the Read more...
Post-surgical infections can pump up hospital costs by $60,000
Underscoring the importance of fighting antibiotic-resistant infections, a new study has concluded that surgical patients whose incisions are infected by such bugs are at much greater risk for Read more...
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