Another individual who contracted Klebsiella pneumoniae at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center has died, bringing the total to 10 patient deaths, the hospital confirmed July 27.
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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 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,…
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…
At Northwell Health, leaders don't discount the rare causes or sources of hospital-acquired infections.
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After dozens of hospitals ended their masking policies, organizations are working to promote masking in healthcare again.
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis created a breath test that can identify people with COVID-19 infections in less than a minute.
An employee at Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care has tested positive for tuberculosis, the academic health system said July 27.
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…
VCU researchers found that loss of smell and taste are no longer common symptoms of COVID-19.