A study conducted in 15 hospitals found that discontinuing contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) did not result in increased healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates, researchers reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
New data from the European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC) show a dramatic drop in community antibiotic use across Europe during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that progress against healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), including those caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, took a step back in 2020.
A pair of values-based incentive programs at US hospitals were linked to a decline in C difficile.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today recommended the RTS,S malaria vaccine for children in sub-Saharan Africa and other areas of moderate and high Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission. The recommendation paves the way for global health groups to make funding and vaccine rollout plans and for countries to decide whether to include vaccination in their malaria control programs.
A study of preterm newborns in Canada found high rates of antimicrobial use in the first 7 days after birth, researchers reported last week in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
After years of decline, US hospitals saw significant increases in HAIs.
A survey of US caregivers found that more than 1 in 10 either planned or had already administered a nonprescription antibiotic (NPA) to their child, researchers reported last week in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
Guidelines published yesterday by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) contain three new recommendations for treating adults who have Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
Data from a cohort of US acute care hospitals (ACHs) reveal an association between total and broad-spectrum antibiotic use and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) rates, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
