Nosocomial Infection

Although Candida auris and Clostridioides difficile continue to be dangerous for patients, research published throughout this year has highlighted strides made in outbreak prevention and understanding nosocomial infections.

Daily toothbrushing was linked to a significantly decreased risk for hospital-acquired pneumonia, or HAP, as well as lower rates of ICU mortality, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A growing outbreak of Salmonella linked to cantaloupe has sickened more than 100 people and killed two, according to the CDC.

A hospital that replaced sink drains and traps in an ICU, hoping to curtail an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing bacteria, instead saw patients infected in a new outbreak of Serratia marcescens, according to a study.

SEATTLE — Veterans commonly acquire multidrug-resistant organisms during stays in Veterans Health Administration community living centers, researchers found.

In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of U.S. cases of Candida auris, which has been deemed a pathogen of concern, according to experts.

A commercial water purifier was possibly responsible for infections among four patients undergoing cardiac surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, three of whom died, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Adults who survive a hospitalization with sepsis are at substantially increased risk for post-discharge death and CV events resulting in hospitalization, researchers reported.

Prosthetic joint replacement surgery changes the lives of millions annually, but complications, including prosthetic joint infection, occur in 1% to 2% of patients following large joint replacement.

Prosthetic joint infections are a common health care complication following joint replacement surgery.