Infectious Disease PractitionerPostop C. diff infection associated with presurgical antibioticsDecember 4, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerACR: Don’t be fooled by contaminated synovial fluidNovember 30, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerDuodenoscopes often cultured high-concern organismsNovember 3, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerImpact of health care–associated meningitis or ventriculitis spotlightedOctober 29, 2015PediatricsHealthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerVIDEO: Gut microbiota may predict C. diff treatment responseOctober 28, 2015Antimicrobial-resistant infectionsHealthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerC. difficile risk score identifies high-risk patientsOctober 26, 2015Healthcare-acquired InfectionsVaccines
Infectious Disease PractitionerExperts debate infection control merits of ‘bare beneath the elbows’October 24, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerIDWeek: VA found no evidence of CRE transmission through duodenoscopesOctober 20, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerIDWeek: Testing delays linked to misclassification of hospital-onset C. difficile October 19, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerSoftware picked up HAI clusters faster than hospitalsOctober 17, 2015Antimicrobial-resistant infectionsHealthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerVIDEO: Tranexamic acid didn’t increase postop infectionsOctober 14, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerHospitals report inadequate duodenoscope reprocessing practicesOctober 9, 2015Antimicrobial-resistant infectionsHealthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerResults mixed in hospital efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistanceOctober 7, 2015Antimicrobial-resistant infectionsHealthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerDuodenoscope manufacturers ordered to conduct surveillance studiesOctober 6, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections
Infectious Disease PractitionerCRE infections linked to catheters, hospitalizationOctober 5, 2015Healthcare-acquired Infections