April 13, 2012 (London, United Kingdom) — Elderly patients treated with central catheter and/or mechanical ventilation devices in intensive care units (ICUs), admitted from the emergency department or ...

An electronic, specialist-led, proactive diabetes intervention model reduced blood glucose levels and nosocomial infection incidence among surgical inpatients. Early diabetes management with an ...

Cockroaches are not only pervasive urban pests but also significant carriers of pathogenic microorganisms that contribute to nosocomial infections. Species such as Blattella germanica and Periplaneta ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infection prevention efforts at a cancer center reduced some health care-associated infections during the ...

Sequential hand hygiene-promoting interventions, such as an education program, screen saver messages and an infection prevention week, can lead to a sustained low rate of nosocomial bloodstream ...

Rabih Darouiche, MD, director of the center for prostheses infection at Baylor College of Medicine and founder of the Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections, discusses tactics to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Research published this year explored the impact of prevention bundles, environmental sampling and patient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether a patient or visitor, hand hygiene while at the hospital is critical. Luis Alvarez/Digital Vision via Getty Images Nasia ...

Before picking a hospital, New Yorkers should check out how well the facility performed in limiting hospital-acquired infections, health officials said. The stakes are clear as these infections are ...

In Australia, the incidence of hospital-acquired infections such as UTIs was high among elderly people suffering from dementia. Amber Chourasia, a lead lab equipment research analyst at Technavio, ...