Miami-based Jackson Memorial Hospital has reduced its hospital acquired infections by 40% in about nine months with two changes.

After piloting new Clostridioides difficile guidelines for nine months, Memorial Healthcare System reduced unnecessary treatments by 20.1%, according to a study published June 27 in the American Journal of Infection Control. 

Southern California Hospital at Culver City has been free of central line-associated bloodstream infections for over 1,000 days and free of catheter-associated urinary tract infections for 750 days, it announced June 26.

Among the busy halls of emergency departments nationwide, a silent battle against antimicrobial resistance is unfolding. 

Researchers at Columbus-based Ohio State University have discovered that hepatitis E can be sexually transmitted and may also be connected to male infertility, according to the study, which was published May 24 in PLOS Pathogens.

Physicians at Memorial Hermann Health System are aiming to address the congenital syphilis epidemic via a new testing program in its emergency department, the Houston Chronicle reported June 17.

As of June 13, 436 surgeries at Aurora, Colo,-based Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center have been delayed or moved to other hospitals, The Denver Post reported.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull has won a national quality award for its work to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections, the hospital said June 14.

Hospital-acquired infections associated with antimicrobial resistance have remained high compared to prepandemic levels, Medscape reported June 10.

While many hospitals were trimming budgets and enforcing hiring freezes, infection prevention manager Luz Caicedo successfully doubled her department's workforce at AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) hospital. 

A physician at New York City-based NYU Langone Health found the first sexually transmitted ringworm infection in the U.S., NBC News reported June 5.

Experts at New York City-based NYU Langone Health are warning healthcare providers to be aware of two highly contagious fungal infections causing rashes, according to a June 5 news release shared with Becker's.

Incidence of surgical site infections declined at multiple hospitals across six states by 32.8% for some procedures after Phoenix-based Banner Health introduced a comprehensive surgical site infection prevention bundle, which included a focus on a surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.

In January, Nevada experienced a spike in clinical cases of Candida auris, and although clinical cases have since dropped, colonization cases have increased dramatically, ABC affiliate 8 News Now reported June 1.

Consider the ubiquitous blood pressure cuffs and the glucometer as a microcosm for what is wrong with medical instrument cleaning instructions in healthcare today.

Two nurse leaders have been invited to join the CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, National Nurses United said.

Researchers in New York have found an emerging threat of ringworm fungus, Trichophyton indotineae, which is often resistant to standard therapy, according to a study published May 15 in JAMA Dermatology. 

More than one-fourth of emergency department visits nationwide may result in inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions, according to a study published May 14 in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 

Instructions for medical devices are unnecessarily complex, and the federal process for these labels needs an overhaul, according to the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. 

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., is temporarily halting surgeries after an unknown residue was found on reusable medical equipment, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's May 10.