![1]() - News- Trio of blood biomarkers elevated in children with LRTIs- June 4, 2018- TORONTO - Proadrenomedullin is most strongly associated with disease severity in children with lower respiratory tract infections. 
![1]() - News- Many hospitals had no mandatory flu vaccine requirements in 2017- June 1, 2018- Many VA and non-VA hospitals still do not have mandatory influenza vaccination requirements for health care personnel. 
- News- Severity of sepsis-associated coagulopathy predicts hospital mortality- May 31, 2018- This study outlines a simplified classification scheme for coagulopathy with implications that are potentially “profound.” 
![1]() - News- Antibiotic stewardship in sepsis- May 31, 2018- Antibiotic use is the most important modifiable factor related to development of antibiotic resistance. 
![1]() - News- Simple tool improves inpatient influenza vaccination rates- May 31, 2018- TORONTO – The influenza rate could have been improved by an additional 22% had 77% of patients not refused vaccination. 
![1]() - News- Teaching hospitals order more lab testing for certain conditions- May 31, 2018- Is there a difference in the ordering of laboratory tests between teaching and nonteaching hospitals? 
![1]() - Opinion- Kawasaki disease: New info to enhance our index of suspicion- May 30, 2018- Now the seasonality trends appear blurred in the youngest cases and the male predominance is blurred in the oldest cases. 
![1]() - News- Simple bedside tool effectively detected sepsis in the ED- May 30, 2018- An innovative measurement was successful in detecting sepsis. 
- News- Hospital safety program curbs surgical site infections- May 25, 2018- An AHRQ-designed program significantly reduced SSIs and improved safety culture in Hawaiian hospitals. 
![1]() - News- MDR Candida auris is on the move- May 24, 2018- MADRID - C. auris made its first appearance in Spain 2 years ago, and infection control specialists are still struggling to eradicate it. 







