Hospitals are places of healing, but sometimes when patients are admitted, they catch infections known as…
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Genomic Surveillance Platform Detects Hospital Infection Outbreaks, Saves Lives, Cuts Costs
University of Pittsburgh scientists working with UPMC infection preventionists have developed an infectious diseases detection platform…
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Guidance for Healthcare-Associated Mold Outbreaks | Fungal Diseases
Overview Invasive mold infections can affect people with weakened immune systems, such as organ or stem…
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Clinical trial by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA Healthcare, UCI Health and CDC identifies strategy to rapidly detect and respond to hospital outbreaks using algorithm-driven technology
An automated outbreak detection tool reduced the size of outbreaks by 64% in the trial period…
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