Hospital-acquired infections, or nosocomial infections are not usually present when people are admitted to a hospital, or so it has seemed. These infections tend to arise about 48 hours after a ...

Hospitals are supposed to help sick people get healthy, but unfortunately, many hospitalized patients become sick with infection during their stay. There have been major efforts to reduce the number ...

Hospital-acquired infections associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic by 32% and remain 13% higher post pandemic compared with prepandemic levels, showed a ...

April 13, 2012 (London, United Kingdom) — Elderly patients treated with central catheter and/or mechanical ventilation devices in intensive care units (ICUs), admitted from the emergency department or ...

In a recent study published in PLOS Medicine, researchers explored the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant hospital-associated infections worldwide. Study: Global incidence in hospital-associated ...

New technologies tend to dominate headlines in modern medicine, but infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked ...

Osmania Hospital observed the week from November 18, with a series of programmes centred on preventing hospital-acquired ...

You might think of hospitals as sterile safety zones in that battle. But in truth, they are ground zero for the invasion. Though infections are just one measure of a hospital’s safety record, they’re ...

Potential treatments for one of the world's most dangerous hospital superbugs have been found in a surprising ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a hospital-acquired germ, is highly antibiotic-resistant, thriving in low-oxygen areas like chronic wounds, cystic fibrosis lungs, and medical implants, where it shields itself ...

Acinetobacter baumannii are bacteria that cause infections in the blood, lungs, kidneys, brain, and other organs. These bacteria are nonmotile (don't move on their own), strictly aerobic (need oxygen ...

Enquiry report clears SAT hospital of blame in Sivapriya's death, confirming infection was community-acquired, not hospital-related.