PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Doctors at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital say they are investigating a recent spike in infections which are caused by method of treatment. Hospitals rely on what’s called a ...

How clinically meaningful the impact of randomized trial findings is debatable ...

Having a trained nurse or nurse team present during central line procedures or catheter insertion reduces the chance of infection for patients by 47%, according to new research from the Association ...

New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show central-line associated infections dropped nationally 18 percent during the first six months of 2009 compared to the previous three years, ...

Anaheim, Calif., June 5, 2014 – Whether through the use of alcohol-containing caps or basic cleaning of the injection port of the central line, infection preventionists at three hospitals are finding ...

Less than a decade ago, CLABSIs were considered the most pervasive of all hospital-associated illnesses (HAIs). Across the United States, 500,000 patients contracted a CLABSI between 1990-2010—an ...

Mechanical ventilation and central lines are associated with high rates of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a new study finds. The rate of MRSA ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new report indicating that rates of central line-associated blood stream infections among patients hospitalized in ICUs have decreased 58 ...

Research indicates that frequent reeducation of staff and multidisciplinary teamwork can significantly decrease central-line bloodstream infections, according to an Anesthesiology News report. Other ...

Four out of six infections routinely tracked at U.S. hospitals rose significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data analysis published in the ...