San Antonio: Improper disinfection of reusable “O-ring” devices used in dialysis equipment led to bacterial infections in three patients, two of which required hospitalization, a public health investigator reports at the annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection…
San Antonio, TX: Given current population demographics, infection prevention following joint replacement surgery is emerging as a new priority to reduce health care costs and patient suffering. In particular, preventing infectious complications following increasingly common knee and hip replacements could…
If you can’t make it to the upcoming APIC conference — or even if you can — Hospital Infection Control & Prevention will be providing breaking coverage and live reports from San Antonio via this blog, our exclusive newswire reports…