St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., is creating a new department to study how infectious disease agents interact with human hosts.
Category: Infection Control
Human bite causes flesh-eating infection in Florida man
A 53-year-old Florida man was hospitalized after a family member’s bite resulted in the flesh-eating bacteria necrotizing fasciitis, NBC News reported June 9.
Kaiser workers ask California hospital to halt surgeries over equipment contamination concerns
More than 70 employees at Kaiser Zion Medical Center in San Diego have signed a petition for the facility to suspend surgeries over concerns of potential contamination of surgical trays, according to a June 6 report from The San Diego Union Tribune.&nb…
TB-like infection less transmissible than thought, study finds
Harvard researchers may have debunked a theory about a drug-resistant pathogen linked to severe lung infections, which was previously thought to spread person-to-person.
AI could end the war on antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Cambridge, Mass.-based MIT and Ontario, Canada-based McMaster University researchers have found a new antibiotic treatment that can kill a common bacteria in hospital infections thanks to machine learning.
California hospital probes hepatitis C, HIV exposure from pain clinic
Coalinga (Calif.) State Hospital recently informed patients of possible exposure to hepatitis C and HIV through the hospital’s pain clinic, radio station KVPR reported May 25.
Better work environment for nurses tied to lower C. diff rates
Nurses at the bedside play a key role in prevention of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile in patients, a new study has found.
Maine confirms 1st death from rare tick-borne disease in 2023
A Maine resident died from Powassan virus, a rare tick-borne disease, the state’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said May 17.
Hospitals making good progress on HAIs, early data suggests
Preliminary data suggests hospitals are trending back in the right direction to reverse the declines in quality and safety that happened during the pandemic, according to Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group.
1 dead, 4 hospitalized in suspected fungal meningitis outbreak
Texas health officials are warning clinicians about a string of suspected fungal meningitis cases among state residents who underwent surgery in Mexico.
