CorMedix Inc.'s DefenCath reduces catheter infections by 71%, but the limited market potential challenges long-term adoption.

Oregon hospitals have reported a modest decline in health care-associated infections (HAIs) among patients in 2023, according ...

Analysis of four key measures in NDNQI data includes catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), central lineassociated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), patient falls that result in harm, the ...

This study investigates the microbiological and clinical factors associated with bloodstream infection-induced SAE. Methods: We analyzed data from the MIMIC-IV database, including 16,141 sepsis ...

Chlorhexidine for vascular catheter site care to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections dominated a strategy of povidone-iodine for catheter site care. The Keystone ICU initiative to prevent ...

If the infection spreads to the bloodstream or internal organs, it can be fatal. As many as one in three people with invasive C. auris infections die. Candida auris generally spreads by skin ...

Correspondence to Dr Hojjat Salmasian, Department of Quality and Safety, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; hsalmasian{at}BWH.HARVARD.EDU The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in ...

15 PICC-associated bloodstream infection (BSI): a laboratory confirmed BSI where ... purulent drainage), confirmed with a positive (>15 cfu) swab or catheter tip but with negative or no blood culture ...

CVAD failure and complication (catheter-associated bloodstream infection, local infection, venous thrombosis, occlusion, dislodgement and breakage) will be compared between groups. Ethics and ...

Hyperglycemia at the time of acquiring CCABSI is common and associated with ICU mortality in critically ill children. Strategies to monitor and control BG to prevent and/or minimize hyperglycemia ...

Particular attention should be given to those patients who develop chills or fever that are associated with catheter flushing. Superficial infections at the insertion or exit site, or along a ...