The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has invested in increasing the knowledge, understanding and implementation of strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections since ...

Proving that dreaded hospital central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI) can be reduced, a federal report shows a decline in intensive care unit bloodstream infections of 58% in 2009 compared with ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new report indicating that rates of central line-associated blood stream infections among patients hospitalized in ICUs have decreased 58 ...

A trio of reports on protocols for reducing rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections was among the highlights of the annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection ...

There’s an infection that afflicts thousands of Americans yearly, killing an estimated one in five of those who contract it, and costs tens of thousands of dollars per person to treat. Though there’s ...

Call it a tale of two infections. It’s the story of how hospitals have blocked transmission of a dangerous infection that patients can give doctors, while a hospital-caused infection that can kill ...

Editor's note: A full list of coauthors and their affiliated institutions appears at the end of this post. The work to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units is ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a free checklist for the prevention of central line-associated blood stream infections. The checklist is based on 2011 CDC guideline for the ...

The management of many medical and surgical conditions often involves long-term infusion of intravenous fluids, broad-spectrum antibiotics, chemotherapeutic agents for cancer, critical care therapies, ...

Thanks to the simple use of an alcohol-impregnated cap, Loyola University Medical Center achieved a 68 percent decrease in the overall number of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) ...