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Feb 15, 2013

Drop in Healthcare-Associated Infections is Good News for U.S. Patients

By Lauren Edmundson

A report published by the CDC shows reductions of several types of health care-associated infections (HAIs) over the last five years. The report, called the 2011 National and State Healthcare-...

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Sep 2, 2011

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Scores of Newborns Infected with TB in Rome Hospital

By Sumiko Mekaru

At least 79 infants born in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital have tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). A nurse in the neonatal ward recently tested positive, and all 1,271 infants born at the hospital...

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Aug 23, 2011

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KPC Bacteria Kills 50 in Panama

By Laura Pinheiro

For the last month, Panama’s Social Security Hospital (CSS) is experiencing an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) infections among its patients. On Tuesday, August 4, six...

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Aug 19, 2011

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Clostridium Difficile Outbreak in Multiple Ontario Hospitals

By Glory Song

A recent rise in C.difficile cases across multiple hospitals in Ontario, Canada has led to several outbreak declarations of thisconcerning and increasingly common hospital-acquired infection....

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Jul 8, 2011

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C. difficile Outbreak Continues in Ontario

By Jane Huston

The C. difficile outbreak in the Niagara region of Ontario continues to escalate. Since the first outbreak was declared in May at St. Catharines, outbreaks occurred at 3 more area hospitals, for a...

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Jun 14, 2011

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C. difficile Hits St. Catharines, Ontario Hospital

By Amy Hansen

An outbreak of the deadly C. difficile bacteria was declared on May 28th, 2011 at the Niagara Health Systems’ St. Catharines General in Ontario, Canada. To date there have been 30 confirmed cases...

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