In multidisciplinary guidelines issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and published online ...

A higher cefazolin dose was not associated with decreased rates of surgical site infections among obese patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery, study data showed.

Surgical site infections can be prevented during pain relief procedures, anesthesiologists and pain physicians say.

The first comprehensive guidelines dedicated to minimizing infections in patients undergoing surgeries and procedures involving regional anesthesia and acute and chronic interventional pain management ...

Learn about the latest recommendations from ASRA Pain Medicine to reduce infectious complications in regional anesthesia and pain procedures.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Thursday its recommendation to test ... is in response to "sporadic human infections" of avian flu, the CDC wrote in a ...

11 Ensure that the patient has instructions about monitoring for signs of infection, such as increased redness, temperature, pain, or purulent discharge. Treat any surgical wound infection as ...

SSIs are among the most prevalent healthcare-associated infections.(AP) A study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed that the Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) rate among three ...

A debridement is often performed along with a "wash out" procedure, often referred to as an irrigation. Therefore, many surgeons refer to this combination as an irrigation and debridement, or I&D.

"However, an overgrowth of Enterobacteriaceae species and strains can lead to issues like inflammation, diarrhea and even systemic infections ... to make very specific recommendations," Almeida ...

A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae, E.coli and other ...