Hospitals reporting high levels of psychological safety are more likely to have comprehensive infection prevention and control programs, according to the results of a survey appearing in AJIC. healthcarehygienemagazine.co…

C. diff Carriers Are Common Source of Infections in Healthcare Facilities healthcarehygienemagazine.co…

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HAIs related to the use of medical devices are more likely to be antibiotic resistant than HAIs that result from surgical procedures, according to a report from the NHSN published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology: healthcarehygienemagazine.co…

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The FDA announces it has cleared for marketing in the U.S. the first duodenoscope with a sterile, disposable elevator component that will reduce the number of parts that need to be reprocessed in between uses: healthcarehygienemagazine.co…

The CDC released a report indicating that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the U.S. annually: healthcarehygienemagazine.co…

Clostridioides difficile is putting up a winning fight against hospital-grade disinfectants meant to kill it, according to results of a new study published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy: lnkd.in/eCgM_KC

Nearly half of all nursing homes do not have adequately trained infection prevention staff and their efforts to combat the over prescription of antibiotics are suffering as a result. healthcarehygienemagazine.co…

About 15 percent of hospitalized older adults will be readmitted within a month of discharge, new U-M study finds: healthcarehygienemagazine.co…

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