infection

Conducting a sepsis screening during emergency medical service transport to an emergency department reduces time to treatment.

To reduce patient harm, BJC HealthCare focused on pressure ulcers, adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections, falls, and venous thromboembolisms.

In addition to the ancillary charges, other roadblocks persist for people who need prescription pre-exposure prophylaxis.

One-third of malpractice cases for death or permanent disability began with an errant or delayed diagnosis, making it the biggest...

A new computer-based decision support tool for sepsis at HCA Healthcare harnesses pivotal data in real time.

At North Shore Medical Center in Massachusetts, antibiotics stewardship was the most effective intervention in reducing C. diff infections.

The presence of mold forces the facility to reschedule or move dozens of surgeries.

The hospital made public a CMS on-site inspection that detailed unsanitary and dangerously inadequate disinfection efforts with patient rooms, and...

Prompt identification of patients who are at high risk of sepsis could be the difference between life or death.

The postoperative care initiative at a California-based children's hospital has 11 elements.

Anthony Fauci, MD, and colleagues weigh in on the dangers of the 2019 measles epidemic.

Compared with urban hubs, rural populations tend to have less access to public health resources, less experience with syphilis and...