PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Doctors at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital say they are investigating a recent spike in infections which are caused by method of treatment. Hospitals rely on what’s called a ...

Having a trained nurse or nurse team present during central line procedures or catheter insertion reduces the chance of infection for patients by 47%, according to new research from the Association ...

Pediatric cancer patients whose central lines are used to treat them at home develop three times as many dangerous bloodstream infections from their devices than their hospitalized counterparts, ...

UCSF’s William H. Tooley Intensive Care Nursery has gone 135 days without a single central line-associated bloodstream infection. The achievement of this milestone is an example of teamwork and ...

Using two central venous catheters on one patient at the same time can significantly increase the risk of developing a central line-associated bloodstream infection, according to a study published ...

Anaheim, Calif., June 5, 2014 – Whether through the use of alcohol-containing caps or basic cleaning of the injection port of the central line, infection preventionists at three hospitals are finding ...

Mechanical ventilation and central lines are associated with high rates of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a new study finds. The rate of MRSA ...

Less than a decade ago, CLABSIs were considered the most pervasive of all hospital-associated illnesses (HAIs). Across the United States, 500,000 patients contracted a CLABSI between 1990-2010—an ...

A self-funded artificial intelligence startup is partnering with Microsoft to address a long-standing problem in the medical field: infections caused by central lines placed into the body to deliver ...

Clinicians at NorthShore University HealthSystem's three hospitals near Chicago have found a method of reducing bloodstream infections by half. Using a tiny alcohol-impregnated cap on central line ...