Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in clinically relevant bacterial pathogens represents a major and growing challenge to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual progress report on health care-associated infections Jan. 29, which found continued decreases in hospitalizations from multiple ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) says it continues to detect a rising number of cases of the drug ...

Infection preventionists are increasingly important — and increasingly challenged. Here’s a look at how and why.

During the pandemic, rates of Staphylococcus aureus did not decrease (aRR 1.17, 95% CI 0.89-1.55), and rates of bloodstream infections and/or meningitis from non-coagulase-negative staphylococci ...

Two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in India have prompted authorities in Thailand and Malaysia to step up airport screening ...

WAYNE, PA — Crothall Healthcare has been named a winner of the Business Intelligence Group’s Innovation Awards, gaining national recognition for an expanded use of ultraviolet light technology that ...

Five cases have been reported and nearly 100 individuals have been quarantined as authorities seek to contain the infection.

Federal health officials also set national targets for reducing hospital-acquired infections. In 2024, Oregon hospitals met only one of those goals: lowering C. difficile infections, which cause ...

Oregon hospitals have been making progress in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs), but they still fall short in ...

Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...

According to new data from the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon hospitals made gains in lowering the number of health ...