Healthcare-acquired Infections
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C. difficile risk score identifies high-risk patients
Researchers have created a risk score to help identify patients at high risk for Clostridium difficile infection after hospitalization, for future...
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Experts debate infection control merits of ‘bare beneath the elbows’
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IDWeek: VA found no evidence of CRE transmission through duodenoscopes
Researchers found “no compelling evidence” that carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae were transmitted to Veterans Affairs patients during more...
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IDWeek: Testing delays linked to misclassification of hospital-onset C. difficile
Delays in laboratory testing led a hospital to misclassify the origin of nearly a quarter of Clostridium difficile infections, a study showed.
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Software picked up HAI clusters faster than hospitals
“The vast majority of hospitals were very pleased to expand surveillance beyond multidrug-resistant organisms, and most thought this system would...
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VIDEO: Tranexamic acid didn’t increase postop infections
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Hospitals report inadequate duodenoscope reprocessing practices
Less than a third of hospitals reprocessed duodenoscopes adequately to prevent potential transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (...
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Results mixed in hospital efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Over an 8-year period the rates of antimicrobial resistance in Canadian hospitals increased significantly for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–...
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Duodenoscope manufacturers ordered to conduct surveillance studies
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CRE infections linked to catheters, hospitalization
About 3 in every 100,000 individuals developed a carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection in 2012-2013, most of whom had previously been...
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Chlorhexidine gel-pad dressing reduces bloodstream infections
Chlorhexidine-containing IV catheter securement dressings significantly reduced the incidence of central venous catheter–related bloodstream...