PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Doctors at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital say they are investigating a recent spike in infections which are caused by method of treatment. Hospitals rely on what’s called a ...

Less than a decade ago, CLABSIs were considered the most pervasive of all hospital-associated illnesses (HAIs). Across the United States, 500,000 patients contracted a CLABSI between 1990-2010—an ...

How clinically meaningful the impact of randomized trial findings is debatable ...

Having a trained nurse or nurse team present during central line procedures or catheter insertion reduces the chance of infection for patients by 47%, according to new research from the Association ...

Anaheim, Calif., June 5, 2014 – Whether through the use of alcohol-containing caps or basic cleaning of the injection port of the central line, infection preventionists at three hospitals are finding ...

New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show central-line associated infections dropped nationally 18 percent during the first six months of 2009 compared to the previous three years, ...

Mechanical ventilation and central lines are associated with high rates of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a new study finds. The rate of MRSA ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new report indicating that rates of central line-associated blood stream infections among patients hospitalized in ICUs have decreased 58 ...

Research indicates that frequent reeducation of staff and multidisciplinary teamwork can significantly decrease central-line bloodstream infections, according to an Anesthesiology News report. Other ...

Four out of six infections routinely tracked at U.S. hospitals rose significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data analysis published in the ...