Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Hospital could do better when it comes to patient care and safety, an online survey found earlier this year. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that studies ...

These infections can cause serious complications, including organ failure, critical illness polyneuropathy, respiratory ...

Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday help prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections ...

CLABSIs are among the most severe and preventable hospital-acquired infections, typically occurring when pathogens enter the bloodstream via a central venous catheter. These lines are commonly ...

When infection preventionists at Texas Health Dallas, an 800-bed facility, noticed an increase in hospital-wide central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in 2011, they assembled a task ...

Investigating cases of central-line associated bloodstream infections including PICC lines and midlines. There are safer alternative designs to polyurethane PICC lines and other central lines that ...

Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection in Patients With Hematologic Malignancy Receiving Parenteral Nutrition The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this ...

Microsoft and Portland startup pilot AI-powered tool to thwart central line infection by Charlotte Schubert on March 15, 2022 at 8:30 am Share 285 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are among the most frequent invasive infections among infants in the NICU and contribute to substantial morbidity and mortality.

New Mexico has the highest rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections, while Vermont has the lowest, according to the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS.

After years of progress reducing health care-associated infections, a CDC study found these types of infections increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.