Researchers from Skoltech—a VEB.RF group institution—and their colleagues from the U.S. and China have explained how the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether a patient or visitor, hand hygiene while at the hospital is critical. Luis Alvarez/Digital Vision via Getty Images Nasia ...

April 13, 2012 (London, United Kingdom) — Elderly patients treated with central catheter and/or mechanical ventilation devices in intensive care units (ICUs), admitted from the emergency department or ...

You go to the hospital for treatment and to get better. But sometimes, you get something much less welcome: an infection.

Here are some statistics on hospital-acquired infections in U.S. hospitals, according to research cited by ” Overlooked and Under-Protected,” a white paper on HAIs developed by TeleTracking ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals. Published in ...

The hospital has not had a central line-associated bloodstream infection or a catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the past eight months. AdventHealth Celebration hospital has made gains by ...

The Conversation has collaborated with SciLine to bring you highlights from the discussion that have been edited for brevity and clarity. What are health care-associated infections? Nasia Safdar: ...

Hospital-acquired infections pose significant health risks to patients, with Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans being major contributors. These two pathogens are responsible for a range of ...

A new study from the National Institutes of Health shows a jump in both hospital-acquired infections and resistance to the antibiotics used to treat them. The findings are based on data gathered at ...