NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull has won a national quality award for its work to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections, the hospital said June 14.
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Hospital-acquired infections associated with antimicrobial resistance have remained high compared to prepandemic levels, Medscape reported June 10.
While many hospitals were trimming budgets and enforcing hiring freezes, infection prevention manager Luz Caicedo successfully doubled her department's workforce at AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) hospital.
A physician at New York City-based NYU Langone Health found the first sexually transmitted ringworm infection in the U.S., NBC News reported June 5.
Experts at New York City-based NYU Langone Health are warning healthcare providers to be aware of two highly contagious fungal infections causing rashes, according to a June 5 news release shared with Becker's.
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Incidence of surgical site infections declined at multiple hospitals across six states by 32.8% for some procedures after Phoenix-based Banner Health introduced a comprehensive surgical site infection prevention bundle, which included a focus on a surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.
In January, Nevada experienced a spike in clinical cases of Candida auris, and although clinical cases have since dropped, colonization cases have increased dramatically, ABC affiliate 8 News Now reported June 1.
Consider the ubiquitous blood pressure cuffs and the glucometer as a microcosm for what is wrong with medical instrument cleaning instructions in healthcare today.
Two nurse leaders have been invited to join the CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, National Nurses United said.
Researchers in New York have found an emerging threat of ringworm fungus, Trichophyton indotineae, which is often resistant to standard therapy, according to a study published May 15 in JAMA Dermatology.