Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston has diverted some surgical cases after state regulators identified a problem with the hospital’s steam sterilization equipment, the Lewiston Sun Journal reported Aug. 26. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services identified the…
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A six-month screening campaign contained a Candida auris outbreak at a Seattle hospital without a single patient developing a symptomatic infection, researchers reported Aug. 19 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Harborview Medical Center, a 500-bed public hospital and Level I trauma…
Nearly every U.S. hospital screens patients for sepsis, but far fewer have dedicated personnel to ensure screening is successful, the CDC found. Moreover, separate research links a lack of specific accountability to higher mortality. In its latest annual survey of…
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health is warning of a potential measles exposure at Geisinger Medical Center after a visitor suspected of having the disease passed through several areas of the hospital. The possible exposure occurred between 1 p.m. Aug. 12 and…
Researchers at Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine found approximately 5% of adults hospitalized with firearm injuries develop a bacterial infection, with most infections occurring during hospitalization. The study, published Aug. 3 in JAMA Network Open, used the Premier…
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The CDC is tracking clinical cases of Candida auris in more than half of U.S. states this year, though the total number of infections from the deadly fungus is down from this time in 2025. The agency has recorded 3,302…
Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., introduced the Stop Superbugs Act on Aug. 4 alongside a Joint Economic Committee-Minority report estimating antimicrobial resistance costs the U.S. healthcare system at least $5.7 billion annually. Here are five things to…
More than one-third of invasive mold disease cases at four Atlanta hospitals occurred in patients without classic risk factors, according to a CDC surveillance report published July 30. The finding suggests surveillance and clinician suspicion built only around the usual…
In medicine, “interesting” is rarely a compliment. So when Mary Hayden, MD, describes Candida auris as one of the most interesting organisms she’s encountered in her career, it’s not praise — it’s a warning. “You never want to be interesting…
Antibiotic resistance among critically ill children is projected to keep rising through 2035, curtailing the potential of antibiotics for sepsis and severe infections, according to a study published July 20 in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed 106,581 pediatric bacterial isolates collected…