Infection Control Today - Bloodstream Infections

Blood Infections are the Most Costly Hospital Condition

Septicemia, an illness caused by blood infections with bacteria such as E. coli and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), was the single most expensive condition treated in U.S. hospitals at nearly $15.4 billion in 2009, according to the latest News and ...More

October 6, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Pediatric Hospitals Save Lives With Central Line Hygiene and Maintenance

Following some basic rules of central line hygiene and maintenance, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and 87 other pediatric hospitals have, over five years, saved hundreds of patient lives and more than $100 million by preventing nearly 3,000 central line-related bloodstream ...More

September 16, 2011

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Checklist Program Reduces Infections, Saves Lives and Money

A quality improvement program that saves lives by dramatically reducing potentially lethal bloodstream infections in hospital intensive-care units across the state of Michigan also saves those hospitals an average of $1.1 million a year, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. ...More

August 22, 2011

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Researchers Examine Nationwide Trends for Sepsis in the 21st Century

Severe sepsis is common and often fatal, although evidence-based therapies have improved patient outcomes. In recent study, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Orlando Regional Medical Center found that the number of severe sepsis hospitalizations per ...More

August 18, 2011

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Concept of a 'Sepsis Belt' is Explored by Researcher

You’ve heard of the Stroke Belt. Stretching across the American Southeast, it spans 11 states from Louisiana to Virginia, where death from stroke is much higher than in other regions of the country. The term Sepsis Belt might be a new one, though. Sepsis, a severe illness ...More

July 29, 2011

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Broward Health Coral Springs Medical Center Wins 2011 APIC Film Award

Broward Health Coral Springs Medical Center (CSMC) recently won a top award from APIC for its film about their pioneering efforts to minimize catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs). The film, "Mission: Zero. Reducing CRBSIs at Broward Health Coral Springs Medical ...More

July 28, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens, Policies and Practice

Late Phase of Sepsis Characterized by Increased Microbiological Burden, Death Rate

Recent models capturing the pathophysiology of sepsis and ex-vivo data from patients are speculating about immunosuppression in the so-called late phase of sepsis. Clinical data regarding survival and microbiological burden are missing. Gordon P. Otto, of the Clinic for ...More

July 28, 2011

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Intensive, Hands-on Effort Reduces Bloodstream Infections in Critically Ill Patients

Nurses on a surgical intensive care unit (SICU) at a large academic medical center cut bloodstream infections to zero and saved more than $200,000 during a six-month period. The University of Maryland Medical Center SICU sustained a rate of zero central line-associated ...More

June 28, 2011

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Researchers Suggest New Way of Looking at What Causes Sepsis

Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital have put forward a new theory as to what causes sepsis, an often fatal condition that occurs when infection spreads throughout the body. Leaking blood vessels may actually be a cause of sepsis, rather than a symptom as previously ...More

June 23, 2011

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Researchers Find Potential New Way to Fight Sepsis

By digging a little deeper, researchers may have found a potential target for reversing the deadly blood infection sepsis. Scientists at the University of Michigan Health System looked at microRNA, a type of RNA that does not code for a protein itself but that can regulate ...More

June 10, 2011

Posted in News

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