The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology suggested CMS phase in expanded reporting of central line-associated infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in December handed down fines to more than 700 hospitals for infections and other hospital-acquired conditions totaling $373 million. And it plans to ...

Central-line associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections are two of the major hospital-acquired conditions hospitals can be punished for through the ...

U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies, according to a study. U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with ...

In comments on the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2014, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology recommended CMS expand reporting for ...

Hospitals may have avoided financial penalties by billing hospital-associated conditions as present at the time of the patient's admission -- supporting prior work showing that a Medicare policy ...

Identifying gaps in infection prevention practices may yield opportunities for improved patient safety, according to a survey published in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection ...

Three of the most stubborn and dangerous healthcare-associated infections are on the rise in acute care settings across the country, according to the Leapfrog Group, which published its spring 2023 ...

We conducted a national survey to compare the use of specific infection prevention practices by US hospitals. In March 2009, using a national sample of nonfederal hospitals, we surveyed infection ...

Washington, DC, January 29, 2014 – U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies, according to a study in the February issue of the American ...