Three hundred ninety-one hospitals in the U.S. have a Clostridioides difficile infection rate of zero, as based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS.
Recently discharged hospital patients have higher risks of spreading superbug infections to their family and caregivers following hospitalization, a recent University of Iowa study found.
A strain of bacteria that causes severe and sometimes drug-resistant infections has been detected in all six World Health Organization regions, the group reported July 31.
A former sterile processing manager at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City (Mo.) has filed state and federal complaints alleging sterile processing practices at the hospital are out of compliance with regulations, ABC affiliate KMBC reported July 23.&…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence and Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health are notifying about 2,400 patients of a potential exposure to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV due to a physician’s inadequate infection control practices.