Hospital-acquired infections harm 1.7 million patients each year, and kill nearly 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

On any given day, one in 31 hospital patients and one in 43 nursing home residents has an infection acquired while seeking medical care, according to the CDC.

Crain's reported the infection control and instrument cleaning allegations in an Oct. 7 article on problems with DMC's cardiology program. The letter to DMC Harper Hospital from CMS said the ...

Infection rates fell but could still be better "Hospital-acquired" infections are those considered avoidable if staff wash their hands appropriately and follow other infection-control procedures.

An "infection control breach" at a Denver, Colorado hospital may have put certain patients at risk of contracting HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, the state's department of public health and ...

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In June 2018, Brigham’s infection control department was alerted to three cardiac surgery patients who developed an invasive infection from the bacteria.

Infection control experts refused to sign off a new children's hospital as safe because they had not been able to assess its ventilation risks, a public inquiry has heard.

New studies suggest that too much liquid seeps through some disposable gowns, creating a risk of infection.

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Hospitals in the central San Joaquin Valley are among the best and the worst at reducing health care associated infections, according to California public health officials.

Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety ...