Infection Control

It's a good question. 

A new study found two in every five deaths in the Americas involved infection associated with antimicrobial resistance.

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. 

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.

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.