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Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak reported in Norway hospitals

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Norwegian Institute of Public Health warns of an ongoing outbreak of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa in more than ten of the country’s hospitals. Cases...

COVID-19 in the UK: 11% caught the infection in hospital during the first pandemic wave

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More than one in ten COVID-19 patients in 314 UK hospitals caught the infection in hospital during the first pandemic wave say researchers conducting the world’s largest study of severe COVID-19. The...

Johns Hopkins launches two free courses on COVID-19 best practices for assisted living and senior housing communities

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The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with the Johns Hopkins schools of Nursing and Medicine and in partnership with the Baltimore City Health Department, is launching two free online educational...

Hong Kong study shows best practices protect healthcare workers from COVID-19

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Health systems can protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak when best practices for infection control are diligently applied along with lessons learned from recent outbreaks, according to...

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Copper hospital beds harbor 95 percent fewer bacteria than conventional hospital beds: Study

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A new study has found that copper hospital beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) harbored an average of 95 percent fewer bacteria than conventional hospital beds, and maintained these low-risk levels...

Candida auris actively shed in the healthcare environment

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Researchers have now shown that patients who are heavily colonized with Candida auris on their skin can shed the fungus and contaminate their surroundings. This finding provides an explanation for the...

Europe: Antibiotic resistant bacterial infections linked to 33,000 deaths annually

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A study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, estimates that about 33,000 people die each year as a direct consequence of an infection due to bacteria resistant to antibiotics and that the burden...

Acinetobacter baumannii cases investigated at Newark hospital NICU

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The New Jersey Department of Health is investigating four Acinetobacter baumannii cases in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of University Hospital in Newark. The Department first became aware...

South Africa: Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak at Gauteng hospital

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An outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae at the Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital in Vosloorus that began several weeks ago has grown to a dozen neonatal infections, including six deaths. According to...

C. difficile: Protecting vulnerable newborns

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Newborns require special diagnosis and treatment considerations for an infectious diarrhea known as Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection, according to a new evidence-based white paper published this...