Infection Control

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.

Antibiotic resistance may be even more likely for patients infected with mixed strain pathogens, according to a report published July 12 in Nature.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Here are 12 infection outbreaks, warnings and updates Becker's covered in June:

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.