News tagged with bloodstream infections
Surgical scrub solution: It's good for patients, too (w/ Video)
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Giving critically ill hospital patients a daily bath with a mild, soapy solution of the same antibacterial agent used by surgeons to "scrub in" before an operation can dramatically cut down, by as much as 73 percent, the ...
Wyeth seeking approval for advanced infant vaccine
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Drugmaker Wyeth on Tuesday sought U.S. approval to sell a new version of its blockbuster infant vaccine Prevnar that protects against more strains of a bacteria that causes pneumonia and other diseases.
Penn medicine draws road map for elimination of central line-associated bloodstream infections
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) fell by more than 90 percent during the past three years at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania due to a multi-pronged approach combining leadership initiatives, ...
Diagnostic errors: The new focus of patient safety experts
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins patient safety experts say it's high time for diagnostic errors to get the same attention from medical institutions and caregivers as drug-prescribing errors, wrong-site surgeries and hospital-acquired infections. ...
Cellphones may spread superbugs in hospitals: study
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Cell phones belonging to hospital staff were found to be tainted with bacteria -- including the drug-resistant MRSA superbug -- and may be a source of hospital-acquired infections, according to study released Friday.
Study indicates some MRSA infections in ICU patients have been decreasing in recent years
Feb 17, 2009 |
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In contrast to the perception that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections associated with use of a catheter is an increasing problem in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, the incidence ...
