Healthcare-Associated Infections

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US report card on hospital infections shows steady improvement

(CIDRAP News) – A new snapshot of infections acquired at US health facilities shows encouraging reductions in some notable areas, with room for improvement in others, such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported yesterday.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Attack rate in fungal meningitis outbreak estimated at 4.4%

(CIDRAP News) – Researchers estimate from preliminary data that 4.4% of patients who were exposed to contaminated steroid drugs from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy contracted fungal meningitis or other fungal infections, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Endangered public health funding, MRSA in kids, Tdap safety in seniors, Haiti cholera plan, injection infection prevention

Nov 29, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Fair-linked E coli outbreak grows, Ebola drug tested, infection control award, malaria-prevention project

Oct 16, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Prison-brew botulism, Uganda Ebola outbreak over, antimicrobial keyboard covers, rabies contact tracing, Australian measles

Oct 4, 2012

 

New tools aim to improve infection tracking in long-term care

(CIDRAP News) – A national medical organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released a pair of new tools designed to set a national standard for the tracking of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in long-term care settings.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Resistant gonorrhea, contaminated sink, Ebola and orangutans, Olympic disease surveillance, vaccine testing contract

Jul 20, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: More bad news for proposed BSL-4 lab, dengue in Asia, cost of drug resistance, Africa flu surveillance, meningococcal-Hib vaccine

Jun 15, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Smallpox vaccine extension, SARS vaccine grant, flu in bird handlers, tempeh outbreak grows, hantavirus surge, healthcare infections

May 24, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Pediatric countermeasure ethics, flu activity slows further, infant infections during H1N1, healthcare-linked hepatitis

May 18, 2012

 

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