Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether a patient or visitor, hand hygiene while at the hospital is critical. Luis Alvarez/Digital Vision via Getty Images Nasia ...

Rabih Darouiche, MD, director of the center for prostheses infection at Baylor College of Medicine and founder of the Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections, discusses tactics to ...

Hospital-acquired infections associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic by 32% and remain 13% higher post pandemic compared with prepandemic levels, showed a ...

Before picking a hospital, New Yorkers should check out how well the facility performed in limiting hospital-acquired infections, health officials said. The stakes are clear as these infections are ...

Despite progress in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the U.S. since its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital-acquired AMR infections remain well above pre-pandemic levels, according ...

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are responsible for an estimated 6,774 deaths each year in Spain, according to a ...

The hospital has not had a central line-associated bloodstream infection or a catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the past eight months. AdventHealth Celebration hospital has made gains by ...

Here are some statistics on hospital-acquired infections in U.S. hospitals, according to research cited by ” Overlooked and Under-Protected,” a white paper on HAIs developed by TeleTracking ...

April 13, 2012 (London, United Kingdom) — Elderly patients treated with central catheter and/or mechanical ventilation devices in intensive care units (ICUs), admitted from the emergency department or ...

When applied to hospital-acquired infections, this principle is straightforward. If staff fail to wash hands properly, reuse equipment without sterilisation, or ignore obvious signs of infection, it ...

Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from a patient safety watchdog group. It's key ...