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 ...

Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Key Takeaways Hospital-acquired infections are also known as ...

Whether a patient or visitor, hand hygiene while at the hospital is critical. Luis Alvarez/Digital Vision via Getty Images Nasia Safdar: These are infections that occur as a result of exposure to the ...

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 ...

Opioids affect both the gut and the immune system, said Summer Thompson, an assistant professor studying gut-brain ...

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 ...

Delhi government hospitals have introduced a colour-coded bedsheet system under the Kayakalp initiative, ensuring daily linen ...

Despite widespread implementation of quality improvement initiatives, an estimated $9.8 billion is spent each year treating hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), according to a study published online ...

Wexham Park Hospital leads the UK’s first “water-safe” overhaul, removing sinks from wards to combat rising antimicrobial-resistant infections and rethinking everything clinicians know about hygiene ...

Hospital-acquired infections pose significant health risks to patients, with Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans being major contributors. These two pathogens are responsible for a range of ...