Twenty-one states posted decreases in central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in 2010, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This translates to a ...

Less than a decade ago, central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) were considered the most pervasive of all hospital-associated illnesses (HAIs). Across the United States, 500,000 ...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections were reduced by 38 percent across 18 ICUs in seven Abu Dhabi hospitals, thanks to a bundled intervention developed by researchers from the Johns Hopkins ...

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 ...

Several interventions, including standardizing line insertion and maintenance processes and education, can help drive down central line-associated bloodstream infection rates, according to research ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – The Decatur Morgan Hospital announced Friday that it has reported a central line-associated bloodstream infection rate of zero. Data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control ...

A Lancet study across Indian ICUs finds preventable central line bloodstream infections causing high mortality, driven by drug resistance and weak infection control, highlighting urgent need for basic ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Acute-care hospitals saw significant improvement in many ...

I spent more than twenty years as a Corporate Director of Infection Prevention for an Integrated Health Care Delivery Network (IDN). During that time, I learned a great deal about managing infection ...