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Surgical Site Infections

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    Novel strategies may help curb bariatric SSI

    April 29, 2019

    BALTIMORE – A predictive tool to stratify risk and a change in practice showed promise in reducing wound infection rates for gastric bypass surgery.

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    How to slash colorectal surgery infection rates 

    November 12, 2018

    BOSTON – Change perioperative routines.

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    Daptomycin/fosfomycin: A new standard for MRSA bacteremia?

    October 25, 2018

    Better survival was seen for MRSA bacteremia at 7 days using the combo vs. monotherapy.

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    FDA attacks antibiotic resistance with new strategy

    September 14, 2018

    Four-pronged approach addresses product development, stewardship, surveillance, and science.

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    NYC outbreak of Candida auris linked to 45% mortality

    September 12, 2018

    About 45% of Candida auris–infected patients died within 90 days and 98% of patient isolates were found resistant to fluconazole.

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    Review protocols, follow reprocessing guidelines to cut device-related HAIs

    September 11, 2018

    Environmental pathogens associated with medical devices or device reprocessing are often the cause of HAI-related investigations.

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    United Kingdom experience provides important lessons for controlling C. auris outbreaks

    September 4, 2018

    A C. auris outbreak in the United Kingdom provides important lessons on checking for environmental survival to identify and control infections.

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    Hand hygiene linked to reduced ICU health care–associated infections

    August 28, 2018

    A hospital-wide infection control program appeared to be associated with improved outcomes, mortality in the ICU.

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    Hospital-acquired conditions drop 8% since 2014, saving 8,000 lives and $3 billion

    June 8, 2018

    The largest improvements occurred in central line–associated bloodstream infections (down 31% from 2014).

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    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.”

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