Study: Standardized HAI Reporting Could Improve Infection Control Applying standardized definitions and surveillance methods for tracking healthcare-associated infections is the next step in improving ...

A similar story can surface in surgical settings, where dropped objects are surprisingly common. But a new randomized study ...

The recently released draft of updated Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines from Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute ...

Hospitals with lower staffing levels in infection prevention and control teams have higher rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to an Oct. 10 study published in the American Journal of ...

Alabama hospitals performed better than expected in health care-associated infections (HAIs) in 2024, according to a report ...

Hospitals that participated in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network showed they were able to decrease healthcare-associated infection rates by 50 percent, thereby decreasing healthcare costs, ...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) generate direct costs to U.S. hospitals estimated in the tens of billions annually.

MINOT, N.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A germ-fighting robot that uses pulsed xenon ultraviolet (UV) light to sanitize rooms at Trinity Hospital is giving a boost to the hospital’s infection control program.

Reports of several types of healthcare-associated infections skyrocketed in 2020 as hospitals were contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new national surveillance data. Per a Centers for ...

The consequences of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) reach well beyond patients' physical health, souring social relationships, and leading some healthcare providers (HCP) to distance ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Hospital Acquired Infection Control - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Global Hospital Acquired Infection ...

Chemoradiation in Stage IIIB Cancer of the Uterine Cervix: A Review of the Zimbabwean Experience Our work was a prospective before-and-after study to improve IPC standards. We compared the WHO Hand ...