The study authors say the results do not negate the importance of hand hygiene.
Injuries requiring surgery on the head, neck, spine, or lower abdomen carry the highest risk.
In a study of two nursing homes, only universal decolonization of residents was linked with reduced MDRO carriage.
One in 38 patients at US hospitals had at least one such infection on any given day in 2023, compared with 1 in 31 patients in 2015.
CDC scientists report the proportion of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales carrying the NDM gene rose from 5% in 2016 to 40% in 2023.
Disinfection may help reduce contamination on surgical implants but doesn’t eliminate it entirely.
The guidance aims to help accelerate the development of new antibiotics for severe, drug-resistant gram-negative and gram-positive infections and community-acquired and health care-associated bacterial meningitis.
Infections acquired in health care settings kill 3 times more people than car accidents each year.
US acute care hospitals in 2024 saw lower rates of healthcare-associated infections compared with 2023, marking a continued decline from COVID pandemic-era highs.
Measures such as universal masking, enhanced hand hygiene, and increased visitor restrictions likely helped limit viral transmission.
