The risk for surgical site infection following hip arthroplasty was associated with male sex, BMI, operation time, diabetes, heart disease, and ASA class.

As I head into my 25th year of working as a clinical infectious diseases pharmacist, one of the most important working relationships of my career is with the infection prevention department.

212-915-2578 [email protected] 1 ASEPSIS is an acronym of wound assessment and treatment parameters, which provides a numerical score during an inspection of the surgical site.

Early postoperative levels of IL-6 and CRP are independently associated with infection risk after pulmonary cancer surgery.

These infections often require surgical valve replacement combined with prolonged intravenous antibiotic therapy, with treatment failures resulting in cardiac complications and death.

Current Issues in the Prevention and Management of Surgical Site Infection - Part 2 Ansgar O. Aasen, Philip S. Barie, Eugen Faist, Henri R. Ford, Donald E. Fry, Toni Hau Disclosures ...

The advent of value-based health care (VBHC) in the United States has sparked a paradigm shift away from traditional fee-for-service models—where compensation is tied to the quantity of ...

Significantly Improved Infection Control: MolecuLight-guided treatment increased the likelihood of white blood cell counts returning to normal within 7 days by 26-fold (72.7% vs. 9.1%) and C ...

Washington State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an electrochemical catheter hub that could someday ...