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CDC advises hospitals to notify patients, clinicians of potential device-related infection risk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today warned health care providers and patients about the potential risk of infection from certain devices used during open heart surgery.
CDC issues draft guidelines for dressings to prevent catheter-related infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting comments on a proposed update to its 2011 recommend
CDC reports increase in human infections from avian flu virus in China
China has reported 460 human infections with the H7N9 avian flu virus since last October, more than in any year since the novel virus emerged there in 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prev
CDC issues recommendations for managing suspected Shigella infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week issued recommendations for diagnosing and managing patients wh
Hospital-led "Indy HeartBeat" program looks to curb youth violence
Hospitals don’t need to be the last link in the violence chain and simply patch up victims, says Dannielle Gilyan, Eskenazi Health’s injury prevention coordinator in Indianapolis, Ind.
AHRQ issues CAUTI prevention toolkit
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released a toolkit&
CDC recommends PPE, other precautions to prevent Zika transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week recommended health care personnel
Promising Results in CAUTI Reduction
While hospitals have made great strides in reducing—or in some cases, eliminating—many health care-associated infections, reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, has be
HRET-led project reduces CAUTI infections in nursing homes by 54%
Long-term care facilities participating in a federal project led by the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 54%, according to a