Black and Hispanic Dialysis Patients Face Higher Risks of Bloodstream Infections Due to Poor Care: CDC
A new study finds Latino and Black dialysis patients face a higher risk of infections than their White counterparts.
A new study finds Latino and Black dialysis patients face a higher risk of infections than their White counterparts.
A new study finds that a number of safety measures used in some hospitals can dramatically reduce the number of central line catheter infections.
A university dramatically cut central line infection rates by using disinfected caps with catheters.
A large number of deadly central line infections could be avoided by using zero-pressure connectors in the IV systems, researchers say.
Hospital-acquired infections cost the U.S. health system $10 billion each year to treat preventable illnesses.
New Medicare penalties have not been enough to curb the rates of certain hospital infections, according to the findings of new research.
New safety guidelines may allow hospitals to cut their rate of central line blood infections nearly in half, according to a recent report on a new patient safety project.
A Virginia woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after suffering an infection in a hospital that was allegedly caused by a tainted IV.
A new study on central line infections finds that while some hospitals are winning the fight to reduce the number of hospital infections, others have refused to acknowledge that there’s…
Hospitals across the United States have seen a 58% drop in the number of central line blood stream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) since 2001, according to a new…