Infection Control Today - Bloodstream Infections

Expert Blogs About CDC Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative

Today on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Safe Healthcare Blog, Dr. Priti Patel, the medical officer who runs CDC’s dialysis prevention initiatives, discusses how the CDC Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative participants have ...More

August 21, 2012

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New Analysis Compares Vancomycin with Cefazolin for Treating Certain Bloodstream Infections

The antibiotic most commonly prescribed to treat bloodstream infections in dialysis patients may not always be the best choice, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). When Staphylococcus aureus ...More

August 16, 2012

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Researchers Discover How Bloodstream Infections Begin

New research may help explain why hundreds of thousands of Americans a year get sick – and tens of thousands die – after bacteria get into their blood. It also suggests why some of those bloodstream infections resist treatment with even the most powerful antibiotics. ...More

August 15, 2012

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FDA Allows Marketing of First Test to Identify Bacteria Associated with Bloodstream Infections

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will allow marketing of the first nucleic acid test that can identify 12 different bacterial types known to cause bloodstream infections. The test allows for simultaneous identification of the bacteria and three associated ...More

June 27, 2012

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Researchers Advise Classification of Community Onset BSI Into Separate CA and HCA Categories

Bloodstream infections (BSI) have been traditionally classified as either community-acquired (CA) or hospital-acquired (HA) in origin. However, a third category of healthcare-associated (HCA) community onset disease has been increasingly recognized. The objective of a study ...More

April 9, 2012

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Clinician Surveys Help in Fight Against Bloodstream Infections

In a newly published article, a physician suggests that online surveys can help advance two important healthcare-related campaigns -- the national initiative to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs); and efforts to protect patients and clinicians ...More

April 3, 2012

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Reduction of Bloodstream Infections in an Outpatient Dialysis Center

This week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlights the reduction of bloodstream infections in an outpatient hemodialysis center participating in CDC's Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention ...More

March 19, 2012

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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

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

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

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

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