Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, ...

The hospital has not had a central line-associated bloodstream infection or a catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the past eight months. AdventHealth Celebration hospital has made gains by ...

Hospital-acquired infections cost the U.S. healthcare system billions annually. As CMS penalties grow and margins hover near ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SEATTLE — In this video, Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH, attending physician and hospital epidemiologist at The ...

Preventing infections among hospital patients has become a major issue as of late, and researchers have now discovered a key player in the spread of some infections: human contact. A new study found ...

New technologies tend to dominate headlines in modern medicine, but infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked safeguards are increasingly becoming weak links in patient safety — ...

The federal government estimates that approximately 100,000 Americans die each year after acquiring one or more infections during their hospital stays. A new study reveals the roots of this problem, ...

Hospital-acquired infections associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic by 32% and remain 13% higher post pandemic compared with prepandemic levels, showed a ...

The 19 infections were linked to Kaiser's medical center in Santa Clara. Most of those who fell sick are recovering at home, ...

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