A hard-to-treat drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris is spreading in intensive care units (ICUs) in Dhaka, according ...

A hard-to-treat drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris is spreading within intensive care units (ICUs) in Dhaka, ...

The study found that about 7% of ICU patients carried C. auris during their stay, with over a third acquiring it inside the ICU, suggesting most transmission occurs within hospitals.

The human body is home to many types of fungi. Some are beneficial and others are deadly, but that distinction can often ...

Among the most feared are the so-called ESKAPE pathogens, a rogues’ gallery of microbes that “escape” many treatments and drive stubborn hospital-acquired infections. One of them, Acinetobacter ...

Baptist Health Corbin’s Critical Care Unit (CCU) has been recognized for achieving zero hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) during the past calendar year, earning the unit the organization’s ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals. The research ...

AdventHealth DeLand hospital reported zero central line-associated bloodstream infections from October 2023 to September 2024. In addition to promoting a culture of quality and safety, a hospital can ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The development of preventive and therapeutic strategies to combat nosocomial infections (NI) in intensive care involves monitoring their microbial ecology, studying their ...

HID has acquired Intelligent Observation to expand its healthcare RTLS portfolio and support infection prevention through hand hygiene compliance technology. HID has acquired Intelligent Observation, ...

Doral, Fla.-based Jackson West Medical Center opened in August 2021 with a road map for preventing hospital acquired infections that is now being scaled across the system. “From the very beginning, we ...