Medical research
Copper hospital beds kill bacteria, save lives, study finds
Hospital infections sicken about 2 million Americans every year and kill nearly 100,000, according to the co-author of a new study.
Nov 13, 2019
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Medications
Use of antibiotics in newborns varies widely among California hospitals, study finds
Researchers at the School of Medicine and their collaborators found that some hospitals in the state rarely administer antibiotics to newborns, while others give antibiotics to nearly half of the newborns in their care.
Nov 5, 2019
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Health
Too many older adults readmitted to hospitals with same infections they took home
About 15% of hospitalized older adults will be readmitted within a month of discharge.
Oct 23, 2019
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Diabetes
Patients with diabetes still require more hospitalizations for infections
(HealthDay)—Rates of hospitalizations for common infections requiring hospitalization remain substantially higher in adults with diabetes compared with adults without diabetes, according to a study published online Oct. ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Glass-coated catheters could wipe out infections and save NHS millions
Scientists at Aston University in Birmingham have developed a new technique to eradicate life-threatening urinary tract infections among hospital patients needing catheters, potentially saving the NHS nearly £100million ...
Oct 9, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hepatitis C virus infection rates up for women giving birth
(HealthDay)—Among women giving birth, the rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increased more than 400 percent from 2000 to 2015, with rates much higher among those with opioid use disorder, according to research ...
Oct 7, 2019
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Cardiology
Risk of heart valve infections rising in hospitals
People with heart disease or defective or artificial heart valves are at increased risk of developing a potentially deadly valve infection. Rutgers researchers reported that new risk factors for this condition have emerged ...
Sep 29, 2019
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Health
Success story or artificial inflation? Hospital performance in CAUTIs
A new study links changes in the way catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are defined and artificially improved hospital performance scores.
Sep 16, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hospital infections declining in Canada
There is good news on the infection front: infections acquired by patients in Canadian hospitals are declining, with a 30% reduction between 2009 and 2017, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...
Sep 9, 2019
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Medications
Cesarean section quality initiative cuts opioid use
(HealthDay)—The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program, a quality improvement initiative that made changes to preoperative and postoperative processes, leads to reductions in opioid use without increased pain and ...
Sep 4, 2019
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