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 ...

From MRSA to norovirus, hospital infections remain a global problem. Here’s what they are, how they spread, and how to reduce ...

The agency found that Oregon’s hospitals on average had worse results than the national average on the rate of patients with surgical site infections in 2024 compared with the year before. They also ...

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 ...

Health care providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the hospital are caused by superbugs they're exposed to while they're in a medical facility. Genetic ...

Despite progress in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the U.S. since its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital-acquired AMR infections remain well above pre-pandemic levels, according ...

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 ...

New South Wales (NSW) Ministry of Health data released last month under freedom of information laws reveal that 6,007 patients contracted COVID in the state’s public hospitals in 2023. This ...

A nephrology unit at Detroit-based Henry Ford Hospital has lowered Clostridioides difficile infections by 90% since 2023. Leaders at the hospital credit the progress to the Comprehensive Unit-based ...

If successful, KEMRI’s maternal vaccine could position Kenya as a leader in neonatal health innovation, offering new hope for thousands of vulnerable newborns across Africa.

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