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 ...

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 ...

Here are some statistics on hospital-acquired infections in U.S. hospitals, according to research cited by ” Overlooked and Under-Protected,” a white paper on HAIs developed by TeleTracking ...

India, May 27 -- Hospital-acquired infections remain one of the leading causes of illness and death in newborn intensive care ...

Hospital-acquired infections are infections patients didn't have when they were admitted to hospital. The most common include wound infections after surgery, urinary tract infections and pneumonia.

A new study from the National Institutes of Health shows a jump in both hospital-acquired infections and resistance to the antibiotics used to treat them. The findings are based on data gathered at ...

Despite widespread implementation of quality improvement initiatives, an estimated $9.8 billion is spent each year treating hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), according to a study published online ...

Research results presented at the American College of Gastroenterology’s annual meeting suggests the epidemiology of C. difficile infections is changing. For the study, researchers from the Sinai ...

C. difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections. Research has found that C. diff spreads more than three times more than previously thought. C. diff can ...

Kota: A 20-year-old pregnant woman died at the govt-run New Medical College Hospital (NMCH) Sunday, taking to five the number of women who have died in Kota govt hospitals in the past fortnight. Most ...

Hospital-acquired infections pose significant health risks to patients, with Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans being major contributors. These two pathogens are responsible for a range of ...