Importance Health care–associated infections (HAIs) account for a large proportion of the
harms caused by health care and are associated with high costs. Better evaluation of the …

The definition of the heterogeneous group of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is
still based on diagnostic procedures that fulfill the clinical need to differentiate between …

Purpose Previously published guidelines provide comprehensive recommendations for
detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The intent of this …

Previously published guidelines are available that provide comprehensive
recommendations for detecting and preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The …

Objective. To estimate the proportion of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in US
hospitals that are “reasonably preventable,” along with their related mortality and costs …

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related
Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America | Clinical Infectious …

Although nosocomial infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis have gained much attention,
this skin-colonizing bacterium has apparently evolved not to cause disease, but to maintain …

Background Retrospective studies suggest that preoperative anaemia is associated with
poor outcomes after surgery. The objective of this study was to describe mortality rates and …

Naomi P. O'Grady, 1 Mary Alexander, 2 Lillian A. Burns, 3 E. Patchen Dellinger, 4 Jeffrey
Garland, 5 Stephen O. Heard, 6 Pamela A. Lipsett, 7 Henry Masur, 1 Leonard A. Mermel, 8 …

These guidelines have been developed for practitioners who insert catheters and for
persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and …