Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is expanding its infectious disease care capacity thanks to a grant. The $500,000 grant, awarded by the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center, will be used to build the hospital’s capacities as…
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Two cases of a meningitis-causing infection in infants have been recorded in the U.S., MedPage Today reported Feb. 9. The Paenibacillus dendritiformis infection led to severe meningitis in both cases and was found in a female infant in Pennsylvania and…
A two-year program at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora reduced the rate of hospital-acquired conditions by 46.5%, according to research published Feb. 1 in Critical Care Nurse. Children’s Hospital Colorado operates a 38-bed pediatric ICU that averages 3,500 annual admissions,…
In 2024, the rate of six healthcare-associated infections commonly reported in acute care hospitals declined from the year prior, according to a CDC report published Jan. 29. The annual report summarizes HAI rates across acute care hospitals, long-term acute care…
Michigan health officials are investigating a case of Legionnaires’ disease at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., CBS affiliate WWMT reported Jan. 28. Kalamazoo-based Bronson Healthcare confirmed the infection in a patient recently hospitalized at the facility and said the…
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New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has launched the Special Pathogens Biopreparedness Map, a tool designed to help clinicians and emergency response teams track global disease outbreaks and respond to high-consequence infectious threats. The open-source map provides near real-time…
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis has canceled, delayed and transferred dozens of surgeries because of sterile processing issues with OR equipment, according to St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, which operates 14 hospitals. KMOV, an affiliate of CBS and MyNetworkTV, first reported…
A total of 518 U.S. hospitals have a catheter-associated urinary tract infection rate of zero, based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS. The Healthcare Associated Infections-Hospital database uses measures — developed by the CDC and collected through the National…
Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital has detected Legionnaires’ disease in two patients in the past six weeks, NBC affiliate WLWT5 reported Nov. 3. The source of exposure is unknown, but hospital officials said they were working with local and state health departments…
In the U.S., 280 hospitals have a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection rate of zero, as based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS. The Healthcare-Associated Infections-Hospital database uses measures — developed by the CDC and collected through the National Healthcare…