Infectious Disease

• In the Journals

• HAIs linked to resistant organisms mostly unchanged in 2 years

• Infectious Disease News, January 2013
• The proportion of health care-associated infections attributed to resistant organisms has not changed in 2 years, researchers with the CDC’s...More »

• In the Journals

• High prevalence of S. aureus carriage in HCWs contributed to outbreak

• January 2, 2013
• A recent outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections after cardiovascular surgery at a Toronto hospital was associated with a high...More »

• In the Journals

• Hydrogen peroxide vapor reduced risk of acquiring MDROs in hospital

• Infectious Disease News, January 2013
• Room disinfection with hydrogen peroxide vapor, a “no-touch technology,” reduced the risk for multidrug-resistant organisms, recent study...More »

• In the Journals

• NDM-1 K. pneumoniae identified in 9 patients in Toronto hospital

• Infectious Disease News, January 2013
• Two distinct clones of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-1-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae were identified at a tertiary care center in Toronto,...More »

• New guidelines reconsider antibiotic use in TJA patients undergoing routine dental procedures

• December 18, 2012
• The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Dental Association have released a statement concluding that orthopedic surgeons should...More »

• IDSA releases new guidelines for PJI treatment in joint arthroplasty patients

• Infectious Disease News, January 2013
• The Infectious Diseases Society of America has released new guidelines to reduce mortality, disability and costs associated with periprosthetic joint...More »

• Preventing nosocomial infections

• December 5, 2012
• Rani Jeeva, MPH, CPH, team leader for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention (HAIP), addresses what clinicians can do to lower the incidence of ......More »

• Flu revaccination in HCWs may prevent 
infection in patients

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• Researchers in Norway have found that health care workers who were low responders to the pH1N1 influenza vaccine may need revaccination to maintain...More »

• In the Journals

• IVAC aids wound healing in obese pediatric patients

• November 30, 2012
• Using incisional wound vacuum-assisted closure in obese patients to reduce infection after major hip or pelvic surgery may reduce these complications in...More »

• Breaking News

• Telavancin recommended as last resort for nosocomial pneumonia

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• The FDA’s Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee voted 9-6 against recommending telavancin for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia.
  However, the...More »

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