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.”
News
Antibiotic stewardship in sepsis
May 31, 2018
Antibiotic use is the most important modifiable factor related to development of antibiotic resistance.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
News
In-hospital mortality predictors eyed in pneumonia patient subset
May 22, 2018
About one in four intubated or mechanically ventilated patients with gram-negative pneumonia die during hospitalization, results from a large retrospective cohort study found.