Surgical Site Infections
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Review protocols, follow reprocessing guidelines to cut device-related HAIs
Environmental pathogens associated with medical devices or device reprocessing are often the cause of HAI-related investigations.
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United Kingdom experience provides important lessons for controlling C. auris outbreaks
A C. auris outbreak in the United Kingdom provides important lessons on checking for environmental survival to identify and control...
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Hand hygiene linked to reduced ICU health care–associated infections
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Fewer groin infections with closed incision negative pressure therapy after vascular surgery
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Glucocorticoids linked with surgical infections in RA patients
AMSTERDAM – U.S. claims data from more than 11,000 rheumatoid arthritis patients linked glucocorticoid treatment with more postsurgical infections...
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Hospital-acquired conditions drop 8% since 2014, saving 8,000 lives and $3 billion
The largest improvements occurred in central line–associated bloodstream infections (down 31% from 2014).
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Severity of sepsis-associated coagulopathy predicts hospital mortality
This study outlines a simplified classification scheme for coagulopathy with implications that are potentially “profound.”
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Hospital safety program curbs surgical site infections
An AHRQ-designed program significantly reduced SSIs and improved safety culture in Hawaiian hospitals.
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ESBL-B before colorectal surgery ups risk of surgical site infection
MADRID – ESBL-B appears to be a factor in infection after colorectal surgery.
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ESBL-resistant bacteria spread in hospital despite strict contact precautions
Adherence to strict contact isolation and hand hygiene is never 100% in a real-life scenario.
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Piperacillin-tazobactam tripled risk of death for patients with cephalosporin-resistant septicemia
The MERINO study was stopped after an interim analysis revealed increased mortality with use of piperacillin-tazobactam for septicemia.