A new study led by researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University suggests the rise in home healthcare services could come with dangerous consequences: an increase in central line-associated ...

Arlington, Va., January 12, 2023 – A study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) reveals that many home infusion therapy (HIT) staff receive no formal training on how to ...

MISSISSAUGA, ON, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Covalon Technologies Ltd. (the "Company" or "Covalon") (TSXV: COV) (OTCQX: CVALF), an advanced medical technologies company, today announced the second ...

Synaptiq CLABSI Assessment App Alerts App analyzes uploaded photo and provides real-time alerts to Care Team when patient is compliant or not compliant. Portland, OR, March 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Technical interventions such as sterile barriers were frequently used to prevent central line-associated ...

June 7, 2011 — Many teaching hospitals that train the next generation of physicians need to go back to school and learn how to prevent central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), ...

New guidelines released by The Joint Commission to help prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections highlights the role of nurses in helping prevent CLABSI, according to a news release by ...

Hospitals that participated in the On the CUSP: Stop BSI project reduced the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections in hospitals’ adult intensive care units by 41 percent over two ...

Accounting for the presence of multiple, concurrent central lines when calculating central line-associated bloodstream infections, or CLABSIs, lowered CLABSI rates by 25% over the course of 18 months ...

Blood cultures should be collected from at least 2 sites before initiation of antibiotics (ideally from all lumens of a multilumen CVC). Peripheral blood culture should be collected when possible.

Identifying Patterns and Barriers in OncotypeDX Recurrence Score Testing in Older Patients With Early-Stage, Estrogen Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer: Implications for Guidance and Reimbursement Our ...