Healthcare‑associated infections are infections that surface 48 hours after a patient’s admission, or, within a month after ...

Whether a patient or visitor, hand hygiene while at the hospital is critical. Luis Alvarez/Digital Vision via Getty Images Nasia Safdar: These are infections that occur as a result of exposure to the ...

The health system has focused on catheter-associated urinary tract infection, central line-associated bloodstream infection, Clostridium difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and ...

Each year more than 1.7 million patients in the United States acquire infections while in healthcare facilities. Refreshing basic steps for hand hygiene is crucial for the survival of the healthcare ...

Third One Health National Action Plan also includes education and awareness campaigns among its objectives for next five years ...

Healthcare-associated infections decreased significantly in 1 year, according to the recent annual progress report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which provides ...

Rabih Darouiche, MD, director of the center for prostheses infection at Baylor College of Medicine and founder of the Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections, discusses tactics to ...

Before picking a hospital, New Yorkers should check out how well the facility performed in limiting hospital-acquired infections, health officials said. The stakes are clear as these infections are ...

A new report shows the coronavirus pandemic had a direct increase on the number of healthcare-acquired infections in hospitals nationwide. Increases were attributed to factors related to the COVID-19 ...

Research links COVID vaccination to higher acute kidney injury risk within one year, though vaccinated people showed lower ...