In healthcare, preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is a critical component in ensuring patient safety…
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Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19: Information for Healthcare Professionals
What You Need to Know An updated list of high-risk underlying conditions, along with their associated…
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COVID-19 | Healthcare-associated infection prevention and control practices in Israel: results of a national survey
Introduction Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is a major complication of medical therapy. Device-related infections such as catheter-associated…
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The impact of preoperative biliary drainage on postoperative healthcare-associated infections and clinical outcomes following pancreaticoduodenectomy: a ten-year retrospective analysis
Introduction Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), a complex operation for the treatment of pancreatic cancer and other related diseases…
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Clostridioides difficile infection, recurrence and the associated healthcare consumption in Sweden between 2006 and 2019: a population-based cohort study | BMC Infectious Diseases
Magill SS, O’Leary E, Janelle SJ, Thompson DL, Dumyati G, Nadle J, et al. Changes in…
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High Morbidity and Mortality But is Not Routinely Tracked
Hospital-acquired sepsis has very high mortality rates but is often not captured by the CDC requirements…
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