Infectious Disease

• In the Journals

• HCW uniforms laundered in domestic setting eliminated bacteria

• Infectious Disease News, November 2011
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii were eliminated from health care workers’ uniforms when washed with detergent and...More »

• In the Journals

• ED layout associated with poor hand hygiene compliance among HCWs

• Infectious Disease News, November 2011
• Besides traditional predictors of poor hand hygiene, researchers led by Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS, identified ED layout characteristics — particularly...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Distinctive oral microbiota upped risk for hospital-acquired pneumonia

• October 23, 2011
• BOSTON — Compared with patients in the intensive care unit who did not subsequently develop pneumonia, those who did had a distinct divergence in...More »

• Resistant pathogens burden Europe

• October 13, 2011
• More than 8,000 excess deaths in Europe during 2007 were associated with bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Continued efforts needed to prevent infective endocarditis, improve treatment

• Infectious Disease News, October 2011
• CHICAGO — Bacterial infective endocarditis hospitalizations in the United States have significantly increased within the last decade and much of this...More »

• HCW uniforms contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria

• Infectious Disease News, October 2011
• Approximately 60% of health care worker uniforms sampled were colonized with potentially pathogenic bacteria that included drug-resistant organisms,...More »

• Controlling HAIs in nursing homes a daunting task

• Infectious Disease News, October 2011
• The acuity of infections in nursing homes has steadily increased in recent years. Almost as many health care-associated infections occur annually in...More »

• Employee flu vaccines reduced outbreaks in long-term care facilities

• Infectious Disease News, October 2011
• Increased vaccination coverage among direct-care employees in long-term care facilities led to fewer reported influenza outbreaks, according to new...More »

• MRSA colonization rates low among pregnant women, newborns

• Infectious Disease News, October 2011
• Widespread maternal and newborn screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization may not be warranted due to low colonization rates...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Partial intermittent linezolid dose effective against XDR-TB

• September 19, 2011
• CHICAGO — Once-daily 800 mg linezolid, followed by a 1,200-mg three-times weekly dose, was effective against extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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