As a percentage of annual health expenditure, the total burden associated with HCW infection and death amounted to 1.5% in Colombia. The ratio was highest in Western Cape, South Africa, at 8.4. The ...

Antimicrobial resistance not only undermines the efficacy of current treatments but also endangers the entirety of modern ...

The management of chronic and acute wounds involves professionals from multiple disciplines across acute and community care ...

About The Study: This cohort study of hospitalized adults identified inequities related to race and rurality in health care–associated infections (HAIs) and adverse outcomes from HAIs.

Older adults bear the burden The researchers – from the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and other institutions – estimated ...

New research reveals how frequent infections in the first three years of life shape a child's long-term health, urging pediatricians to act early for better outcomes. Study: Burden of Infections ...

Opinion: Genomic surveillance has proven its value in identifying outbreaks of foodborne illness. Let’s use it to track infections in health care.

One of the most common health care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found. Clostridium difficile ...

Oregon hospitals have reported a modest decline in health care-associated infections (HAIs) among patients in 2023, according to new data from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). The data, released ...