Infection Control Today - Sepsis

Chronic Conditions Offer First Clues About Risk for Fatal Sepsis

It’s a major cause of death, yet few have ever heard of it. Sepsis occurs when a patient’s immune system overreacts to an infection, triggering a potentially fatal, system-wide inflammation. Severe sepsis strikes about 750,000 Americans each year, most of them older and ...More

October 31, 2012

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Study Finds Increase in Maternal Sepsis-Related Mortality

A study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY™ 2012 annual meeting reports that severity and death rates are increasing in pregnant and postpartum women with sepsis. More than 30 percent of mothers who develop sepsis will experience some type of organ dysfunction. There is little ...More

October 16, 2012

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Women Twice as Likely to Suffer Infection with Kidney Stones and Other Urinary Blockages

While more men than women develop kidney stones and other obstructions in the urinary tract, women are more than twice as likely to suffer infections related to the condition, according to a new study led by Henry Ford Hospital researchers. The researchers also found ...More

September 26, 2012

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Sept. 13 is First World Sepsis Day

The first-ever World Sepsis Day (WSD) is being held on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, with events hosted across the world in London, New York, Berlin and Beijing. As part of the global effort to draw attention to this deadly disease, the Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) events are ...More

September 12, 2012

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Modeling Sepsis in Newborns Will Speed the Search for Better Diagnostics, Treatments

Sepsis, a bacterial infection of the bloodstream, is a grave, hard-to-diagnose threat in premature newborns in the NICU. Even when it's detected and treated with antibiotics, its inflammatory effects can harm fragile babies' development. Now, researchers at Boston ...More

September 7, 2012

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Survey Reveals Majority of Americans Have Never Heard of Sepsis

Sepsis kills 258,000 people every year in the United States, more than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and lung cancer combined. Yet, according to a new poll commissioned by a leading patient advocacy group, fewer than half of all Americans have even heard of it. Sepsis ...More

August 17, 2012

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Spouses of Severe-Sepsis Patients at High Risk of Depression, Study Indicates

As severe sepsis becomes a silent epidemic among the older population, greater mental health screenings may be necessary for spouses. Severe sepsis, a body’s dangerous defensive response against an infection, not only diminishes the quality of life for patients – it puts ...More

July 18, 2012

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Preventing the Immune System from Going Haywire During Sepsis

Septic shock is the most severe outcome associated with pathogen infection in the bloodstream. It is a life-threatening condition invariably leading to multiple organ dysfunctions. Currently, septic shock is one of the most frequent causes of death in intensive care units ...More

July 2, 2012

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Critical Care Doctors Report an Increase in Sepsis in the ICU

bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, announces the latest results of the bioMérieux Sepsis Survey Project regarding the prevalence of sepsis in U.S. hospitals: • 64 percent of those surveyed said sepsis is increasing in America’s ICUs and ...More

June 14, 2012

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Sepsis Outbreak at LA County Dialysis Center Prompts Public Health Investigation

Three patients with chronic kidney failure treated at a dialysis center in Los Angeles County, California contracted sepsis caused by improper cleaning and disinfection of a dialyzer. Described in a poster presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and ...More

June 5, 2012

Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization

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