Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're ...

Objectives: Hyperglycemia is common and may be a risk factor for nosocomial infections, including central catheter–associated bloodstream infections in critically ill children. It is unknown ...

Nosocomial infections related to the development ... cfu = Colony-forming unit; CVC = Central venous catheter; SBP = Systolic blood pressure Adapted with permission from [7,11,12].

Rates of central-line bloodstream infections, for example, have dropped by 32 percent since 2008, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But more needs to be done.

A study in patients with solid tumors found that CRBSI is significantly linked to mortality in patients with PICCs, whereas CRT and CRLC are not significant risk factors.

In US NICUs, incidence of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection was 20 times higher in very low birth weight infants than ...

Additionally, improvements were noted in central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (MRSA BSI) in acute care ...

Dr. Vigna warns that outdated polyurethane PICC lines increase bloodstream infection risks, urging hospitals to adopt safer, more effective technology Central-line associated bloodstream ...

Switching to an in-house dialysis model may support health care facilities in care efforts and lead to high quality outcomes for patients, according to study data. Brittni McGill, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, ...