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Drug-resistant bacteria cluster found in hospital sinks: CDC case study
Two patients who stayed in the same Idaho hospital intensive care unit room four months apart contracted the same drug-resistant bacteria, and an investigation by state officials and the CDC found the culprit to be a sink. -
NYC Health + Hospitals practice Marburg virus training
NYC Health + Hospitals led clinicians through a Marburg virus training Aug. 2 to test the health system's "ability to identify and isolate 'patients' with simulated Marburg virus symptoms and safely transport them," using hazmat suits and proper infection protocols, according to a news release shared with Becker's. -
Louisiana hospital 1st in nation to adopt 10-minute sepsis test
Baton Rouge, La.-based Our Lady of the Lake Health has deployed a diagnostic tool capable of detecting sepsis within 10 minutes in the hopes of saving lives from what is often dubbed a "silent killer" in hospital environments — causing 1 in 3 hospital patient deaths. -
How Northwell aims to foolproof device reprocessing
At Northwell Health, leaders don't discount the rare causes or sources of hospital-acquired infections. -
Grassroots efforts emerge to keep masks in hospitals
After dozens of hospitals ended their masking policies, organizations are working to promote masking in healthcare again. -
Breath test detects COVID-19 in 60 seconds
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis created a breath test that can identify people with COVID-19 infections in less than a minute. -
MU Health Care employee tests positive for tuberculosis
An employee at Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care has tested positive for tuberculosis, the academic health system said July 27. -
7 ways an anesthesiologist-led program reduced surgical site infections
A new anesthesiologist-led approach to reducing surgical site infections and length of hospital stays in colorectal patients resulted in a 50 percent decrease in infection instances and a 46 percent decrease in stay length, according to new research from Austin Street, MD, study author and anesthesiologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas and presented to the American Society of Anesthesiologists at a recent meeting. -
Loss of smell, taste no longer common COVID-19 symptoms
VCU researchers found that loss of smell and taste are no longer common symptoms of COVID-19. -
Antibiotic resistance is more common in infections with mixed strains, study finds
Antibiotic resistance may be even more likely for patients infected with mixed strain pathogens, according to a report published July 12 in Nature. -
Source of Virginia Mason's bacterial outbreak still unknown
Hospital leaders and health officials are still searching for the cause of a bacterial outbreak that has killed nine patients at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center. -
5 medical groups release new strategies for HAI prevention
Experts from five national medical groups partnered to revise infection prevention strategies in acute care settings, which were published July 11 in the Journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. -
The air monitor that can detect COVID-19 in just 5 minutes
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have built an air sensory system capable of detecting any of the known COVID variants that may be inside a room in real-time, according to a July 10 news release. -
US physicians worried about enterovirus flare-ups
As bundles of severe echovirus infections pop up in at least three countries, U.S. infectious diseases experts are seeing a small increase in enterovirus cases, especially among children, NBC News reported July 6. -
'Nobody knows why': Neurovascular complications arise in fungal meningitis outbreak
Physicians are noting brain blood vessel issues and recurrence among the dozens of people who contracted fungal meningitis linked to two cosmetic clinics in Mexico, NBC News reported July 3. -
Bubonic, meningitis, measles: 12 notable infection outbreaks, updates in June
Here are 12 infection outbreaks, warnings and updates Becker's covered in June: -
CLABSI-free for 300 days: How a Virginia children's hospital did it
Falls Church, Va.-based Inova L.J. Murphy Children's Hospital eliminated central line-associated bloodstream infections among its patients for 300 days during 2021 and 2022. -
MRSA guidelines revised for first time in 9 years
Cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, rose 41 percent during the pandemic and account for around 10 percent of hospital-associated infections. Its pandemic-induced rise has led experts to revise infection prevention guidelines for clinicians, according to a June 27 news release from the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America. -
US confirms 1st local malaria cases since 2003
Twenty years after the U.S. noted eight locally acquired malaria cases, Florida has confirmed four malaria infections and Texas has seen one in the last two months, the CDC said June 26. -
Boston hospital unit reinstates masking amid COVID-19 outbreak
Officials at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are monitoring a COVID-19 outbreak among patients and staff members.
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