A new study—published in Nursing Research—has found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted patient safety indicators in U.S. hospitals. The study, from Penn Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research ...
Oct 30, 2024
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Daily multidisciplinary rounds conducted by a board-certified intensivist through telemedicine do not reduce intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS) in critically ill adult patients, according to a study published ...
Oct 11, 2024
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Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of health care-associated infections, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Oct 10, 2024
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In a recent TikTok video, Australian media personality Abbie Chatfield shared she was starting a vaccine to protect against urinary tract infections (UTIs). "Huge news for the UTI girlies. I am starting a UTI vaccine tonight ...
Oct 9, 2024
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One in three adolescents who have visited a pediatric emergency department report difficulties in accessing menstruation products, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2024 National Conference ...
Sep 27, 2024
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A new study challenges a 2019 World Health Organization report that microplastics in drinking water are harmless after confirming their presence in kidney, urine and bladder cancer samples.
Sep 26, 2024
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Until recently, it was believed that human urine is sterile, but advanced culturing techniques and DNA sequencing have revealed that bacteria and other microbes—such as viruses and fungi—inhabit the human bladder and ...
Sep 9, 2024
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Weight loss interventions could reduce the risk of severe cases of flu and other infections in people with diabetes, suggests new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of ...
Sep 7, 2024
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If you're lucky enough to survive a battle with the bloodstream infection sepsis, risks of a recurrence that sends you back to hospital within a month remain high, new data shows.
Sep 2, 2024
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Women whose fallopian tubes are removed during sterilization via laparoscopy have only marginally more surgical complications than those whose tubes are simply cut, a study shows. The removal, salpingectomy, is a safe procedure ...
Aug 12, 2024
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