A regional collaborative involving universal decolonization in long-term care facilities and targeted decolonization among hospital patients in contact precautions is associated with better multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO)-related ...
Apr 1, 2024
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Jason George began noticing in September that Medicaid payments had stalled for some of his assisted living facility residents, people who need help with daily living.
Apr 1, 2024
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An international research team led by RMIT University has designed and manufactured a virus-killing surface that could help control disease spread in hospitals, labs and other high-risk environments.
Mar 27, 2024
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by E. coli from aged care facilities show higher resistance to antibiotics compared to cases collected from hospitals and the wider community, find researchers from UNSW Sydney.
Mar 21, 2024
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If you're going into hospital for treatment, you want the best: the finest doctors, the latest medicines, the most-advanced surgical techniques. But the success of your care could also come down to something much more mundane ...
Mar 19, 2024
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A new proof-of-concept study published in the American Journal of Infection Control reports that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can accurately identify cases of health care-associated infections (HAI) even in complex ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Many children announce their arrival in the delivery room with a piercing cry. As a newborn automatically takes its first breath, the lungs inflate, the blood vessels in the lungs widen, and the whole circulatory system reconfigures ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Americans will not be able to order free at-home COVID tests after Friday, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.
Mar 6, 2024
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Better prevention of type 2 diabetes could save both lives and money. The U.S. spends over $730 billion a year—nearly a third of all health care spending—on treating preventable diseases like diabetes.
Feb 28, 2024
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Women who die during pregnancy or within a year after giving birth are closely studied by state health officials. Policymakers have worked in earnest for a decade to improve pregnancy outcomes, yet Georgia remains one of ...
Feb 21, 2024
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