When it comes to infection control in the intensive care unit, bigger is not always better, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Infection Control. Researchers at Columbia ...

When patients in the intensive care unit receive oral care from a dentist, they are at significantly less risk of getting a lower respiratory tract infection, like ventilator-associated pneumonia, ...

Vulnerable patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) who received enhanced oral care from a dentist were at significantly less risk for developing a lower respiratory tract infection, such as ...

April 13, 2012 (London, United Kingdom) — Elderly patients treated with central catheter and/or mechanical ventilation devices in intensive care units (ICUs), admitted from the emergency department or ...

The difficulties of achieving appropriate administration of antibiotics in intensive care units include early treatment of patients due to severity and acuity of illness. Antibiotics stewardship in ...

A new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control demonstrates an association between intensive care unit-acquired central line-associated bloodstream infections and higher ...

Public health investigators linked two cases of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in hospitalized patients to their most likely source -- a sink in the intensive care unit (ICU) room where both ...

In all these instances it has been found that existing infection control practices such as hand washing and judicious use of disinfectants to clean the equipment is of limited benefit. The most ...

Infection prevention and control programs in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely in structure, organization, and adherence across the United States, a new study shows. Large differences were seen ...

(HealthDay News) — Elderly people who develop infections while in an intensive care unit (ICU) are at increased risk of dying within five years after their hospital stay, according to a study ...

People carry a community of microbes in and on our bodies, and they can have a powerful influence on our physiology in many ways. Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human ...