Severe infections requiring hospitalization are associated with a markedly increased long-term IBD risk, with immune-related ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infections are a “small but increasing” cause of hospitalization in childhood SLE, and account for most ...

Hospital infection control programs can help healthcare organizations monitor and improve practices, identify risks and proactively establish policies to prevent the spread of infections. Judith ...

About one in every 31 hospital patients will pick up an infection in the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New research shows that being prescribed an opioid for ...

A common mould has claimed the lives of two people, and left four others seriously ill. Here’s what you need to know.

1. Using cloth towels to clean hospital rooms may be insufficient to remove microbial contaminants, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control. 2. A scoring system using five ...

Intervention reduces staph infections in hospital NICU: 5 things to know Researchers analyzed the effect of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus decolonization on MSSA infection incidence and ...

November 4, 2009 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii (ACBA) is a persistent threat to hospitalized patients, whether the infection is acquired in the ...

Before picking a hospital, New Yorkers should check out how well the facility performed in limiting hospital-acquired infections, health officials said. The stakes are clear as these infections are ...

Children have been left with debilitating conditions due to their treatment at a scandal-hit Glasgow hospital, their parents ...