The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology suggested CMS phase in expanded reporting of central line-associated infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in December handed down fines to more than 700 hospitals for infections and other hospital-acquired conditions totaling $373 million. And it plans to ...
According to the report, Alabama hospitals performed better than the national average in three of four key infection ...
Central-line associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections are two of the major hospital-acquired conditions hospitals can be punished for through the ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EpiCast Report: Healthcare-Associated Gram-Negative Infections - Epidemiology Forecast to 2026 Read the full report: https ...
Hospitals may have avoided financial penalties by billing hospital-associated conditions as present at the time of the patient's admission -- supporting prior work showing that a Medicare policy ...
U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies, according to a study. U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with ...