May 10th 2024
This week, new WHO data illustrates challenges during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, MAD-ID and ACVR conference coverage, and more from Contagion.
Higher Antibiotic Use & C. diff Rates Found After Sepsis Program Implementation
October 10th 2017A recent study found that a sepsis care bundle program implemented in The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York coincided with an increase in antibiotic prescriptions and higher rates of Clostridium difficile infections.
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Top 5 Contagion® News Articles Month of August 2017
September 6th 2017Potentially defective personal protection equipment, patients’ involvement in hand hygiene, probiotics that work against C. difficile, what makes delafloxacin unique, and a new discovery against the herpes virus make up the Top 5 articles for the month of August 2017.
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Top 5 Contagion® News Articles for the Week of August 20, 2017
August 26th 2017Proton pumps inhibitors present risks for individuals living with HIV, dalbavancin can treat MRSA-related pneumonia, probiotics prove deadly against C. difficile, patient involvement increases healthcare practitioners’ hand hygiene, and why delafloxacin is a unique antibiotic for skin infections are the topics that make up this week’s Top 5 articles.
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How Antibiotics Impact C. difficile rates
May 21st 2017Gonzalo Bearman, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, and hospital epidemiologist, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, explains how controlling antibiotic use can impact Clostridium difficile rates.
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