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3 Lessons U.S. Healthcare Can Learn from France to Cut Infections
French researchers evaluating their country’s national infection control program for healthcare facilities found...
Web Exclusive: Hospitals Could Save Millions By Eliminating Five Hospital-Acquired Conditions
An average 200-bed hospital could save approximately $2 million annually if it eliminates common but high-cost...
More Children Hospitalized With Severe Clostridium Difficile, Says Study
The strain of clostridium difficile causing severe disease in children has been increasing from 7.24 per 10,000...
One hospital's simple measure to defeat infections
About two years ago, Abington (PA) Memorial Hospital dispatched "spies" to observe and report how often...
Rising threat of infections unfazed by antibiotics
The Acinetobacter baumannii germ is one of a category of bacteria that by some estimates are already killing tens of...
Sepsis, Pneumonia Caused by HAIs Killed 48,000 Patients in One Year, Study Says
In one of the largest national studies to date, two common conditions—sepsis and pneumonia—caused hospital...
Solution to killer superbug found in Norway
Aker University Hospital in Norway has no sign of a dangerous and contagious staph infection that killed tens of...
At least 7 babies died from bacteria in Cuban hospital
At least seven newborns died in the Cuban maternity hospital Hijas de Galicia due to a bacterial infection they...
Clean up wards or lose your patients, U.K. hospitals are warned
The Care Quality Commission has set out new ground rules for how National Health Service trusts must make improvements...
Web Exclusive: The Messy Business of Keeping Clean
Despite widespread acknowledgement of the problems that superbugs pose, agreement and compliance with basic protocols...

Book: Infection Control Compliance Guide, Third Edition
Infection Control Compliance Guide, Third Edition, is an concise, easy-to-use third edition of a best seller. It's your...