infections
Forced-Air Warming Systems Linked to Increased Risk for Surgical Site Infections
Prewarming a patient prior to surgery has been shown to be important, but using a forced-air warming (FAW) system ...
JANUARY 30, 2023
Better Surveillance for Serious HAIs
The CDC’s hospital-onset Adult Sepsis Event surveillance definition may do a better job at detecting serious ...
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Short or Long Course Of Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infections?
Guidelines recommend limiting antimicrobial therapy from four to seven days in patients with adequate source ...
MAY 19, 2021
Early Antibiotics for Sepsis Don’t Result in Overall Higher Use
Decreasing the time it takes to deliver antibiotic therapy to patients with sepsis does not necessarily correspond ...
MARCH 30, 2021
Silver-Plated Nylon Dressings: An Antimicrobial to Reduce HAIs
With the cost of health care–acquired infections (HAIs) reaching $10 billion annually for the entire U.S. ...
APRIL 24, 2019