News tagged with infection surveillance

Significant variations found among medical centers regarding bloodstream infections surveillance

The quality of public reporting of bloodstream infection rates among hospitals may be effected by the variation in surveillance methods, according to a study in the November 10 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computerized monitoring systems enable hospitals to more aggressively combat infections

Hospitals that adopt advanced computer technology to identify healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are more likely to have implemented best practices to prevent such infections, according to research presented today at ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How mosquitoes could teach us a trick in the fight against malaria

(PhysOrg.com) -- The means by which most deadly malaria parasites are detected and killed by the mosquitoes that carry them is revealed for the first time in research published today in Science Express. The di ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2