The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology suggested CMS phase in expanded reporting of central line-associated infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections ...

Healthcare system leaders are finding that prolonged multipronged efforts can lead to reduced infection rates, though some experts caution about the potential for unintended consequences. Kerri ...

Central-line associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections are two of the major hospital-acquired conditions hospitals can be punished for through the ...

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Intermountain and Amplifire partnered to produce clinical knowledge engineering courses targeted at reducing CLABSI and CAUTI incidents. Together with the ...

After a South Dakota hospital recently ran a standard clinical report through a federal healthcare safety database, it discovered that its patients had a high number of hospital-acquired Clostridium ...

Tennova Healthcare - Clarksville was awarded thirteen Zero Harm Awards from The Tennessee Hospital Association (THA).

Hospitals may have avoided financial penalties by billing hospital-associated conditions as present at the time of the patient's admission -- supporting prior work showing that a Medicare policy ...

U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies, according to a study. U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with ...

In comments on the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System for fiscal year 2014, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology recommended CMS expand reporting for ...

Identifying gaps in infection prevention practices may yield opportunities for improved patient safety, according to a survey published in the November issue of the American Journal of Infection ...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) have remained above pre-COVID levels in acute care settings, according to new federal data. The 2021 National and State HAI Progress Report, published online Nov ...

Hospitals may have avoided financial penalties by billing hospital-associated conditions (HAC) as present at the time of the patient's admission, supporting prior work that showed that a Medicare ...