A training video for all the staff, reviewing catheter insertion step by step, was produced. Maria Frödin, a doctoral student in health and care sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of ...

The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) and Office of Education, both within the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH), have collaborated to develop and launch ...

Every day in the U.S., 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI). In addition to these patient infections, healthcare workers themselves are extremely ...

Critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) often depend on central venous catheters, which not only deliver life-saving medications directly into the bloodstream but also are vital tools ...

It reads like the alphabet soup of healthcare: CDI, MRSA, CAUTI, and VAE. Those letters all fall under the category of hospital or healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), and they can wreak havoc on ...

Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday help prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) ...

The Infection and Immunity National Research Service Award (NRSA) post-doctoral training program based at Baylor College of Medicine was awarded in 2003 and has an outstanding record of training ...