An international task force has come up with a new definition of sepsis that could cut the infection risk. The task force, led by doctors at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the definition of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) used by the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Have you ever asked a medical student or resident to define periprosthetic joint infection? Most students would ...

It’s almost impossible to avoid viruses and bacteria, but certain risk factors increase your chances of developing acute respiratory infection. The immune systems of children and older adults are more ...

Results from the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed the 2018 International Consensus Meeting definition for periprosthetic joint infection had poor accuracy in identifying ...

A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently narrowed its definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) to exclude asymptomatic bacteriuria. Although CAUTI rates ...

Megan J. DiGiorgio MSN RN CIC, Cynthia Fatica BSN RN CIC, Mary Oden RN BSN MHS CIC, Brian Bolwell MD, Mikkael Sekeres MD, Matt Kalaycio MD, Patti Akins BSN RN, Christina Shane MSN RN, Jacob Bako BS, ...