Rates of infection in hospitals dropped in 2023, according to an annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which measures national and state infection rates across ...

In spite of their importance to patient morbidity and mortality and the cost of healthcare, we have no single mandatory reporting mechanism that can deliver an overall burden estimate for all types of ...

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 ...

Several committee members of the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have received termination notices, MedPage Today reported April 29. 1. HICPAC develops guidance for ...

AdventHealth DeLand hospital reported zero central line-associated bloodstream infections from October 2023 to September 2024. In addition to promoting a culture of quality and safety, a hospital can ...

The CDC ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee on May 8, and healthcare associations and groups are decrying the decision. “I urge HHS to consider: what will replace the ...

U.S. hospitals must ramp up efforts to track and prevent non-ventilator-associated, hospital-acquired pneumonia, healthcare leaders wrote in a commentary published in Infection Control & Hospital ...

MRSA is often acquired in hospitals, especially among high risk groups such as people in intensive care units (ICUs). Although infection control has improved, MRSA remains a serious problem if not ...

Each year, more than two million people contract a hospital-acquired infection (HAI) that can also be antibiotic-resistant. In 2013, these infections resulted in at least 23,000 deaths (CDC). In fact, ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 25 hospital patients have a Healthcare-Acquired Infection (HAI) — that is, an infection that develops as a result of ...