Nosocomial Infections News

Replacing contaminated sinks did not end an outbreak of multidrug-resistant bacteria in a Japanese pediatric ward but other infection prevention measures did, such as forbidding mouth-washing using sink water, researchers reported.

SHEA Spring is back with a new theme: “The Future is Now: Implementing Change through People, Policy and Technology.”

Preoperative antibiotic exposure led to a significant decrease in microbiologic yield of operative cultures among patients with native joint septic arthritis, researchers found.

Some common practices to prevent surgical site infections may not be necessary because no studies have shown benefits, according to a preconference presentation before ESCMID Global.

The European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases is getting a new name.

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a potentially important tool for patient care, including in infectious diseases.

Reported rates of Candida auris screening at facilities across the U.S. were low despite many facilities that conducted screening reporting at least one case of C. auris in the last year, according to survey results.

Artificial intelligence could help hospitals improve infection prevention efforts and make their outbreak responses faster and more accurate, according to experts.

Non-catheter-associated hospital-onset were a common source for hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia and associated with longer hospital stays and higher hospital costs, researchers found.

DENVER — HIV infections linked to “vampire facials” performed at a spa in New Mexico could have been avoided if the now-closed spa had adhered to appropriate infection prevention and control practices, experts said.