Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), often called hospital-acquired infections, are the bugs patients pick up while receiving care…
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Genome sequencing for prevention of health-care-associated bacterial infections
WHO Team Infection Prevention and Control (IPC). Global report on infection prevention and control. WHO (2022).…
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The Cost of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Nine-point-eight billion dollars. Billion, with a B. That’s what the US healthcare system spends each year…
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Non-selective beta-blockers enhance resolution of induced infections in animals and healthcare-associated infections in humans
Animal experiments Porcine intravenous bacteraemia The experimental protocol for the pig trial was revised and approved…
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Nigeria loses $4.5 billion to healthcare-associated infections
• Experts advocate strict adherence to infection control protocolsAs Nigeria grapples with high inflation and escalating…
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Enterococci-related healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis: a multicenter retrospective case series from clinical practice | BMC Neurology
Rogers T, Sok K, Erickson T, Aguilera E, Wootton SH, Murray KO, et al. The comparison…
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