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Combating infectious disease: A summary of updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
The prevention and control of infectious disease threats remains one of the biggest challenges for many healthcare systems.1 Using a point prevalence estimation, approximately one out of every thirty-one hospitalized patients will have a healthcare-associated…
An update on drug resistance: CDC Antibiotic Threat Report 2019
On November 13, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated their Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report, highlighting drug-resistant bacteria and other pathogens that pose a threat to public health. 1
Transforming Antimicrobial Stewardship: The role of emerging technology
Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens infect at least 2 million people in the United States each year. 1 Among healthcare-associated infections, it is estimated that 12-29% are caused by one of six threat bacteria identified by the Centers for Disease Control and…
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CDC Update 2020: Antibiotic Stewardship in US Hospitals
Series: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Microbiology’s role in sepsis core measures
This session will frame the importance of blood cultures as they relate to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign and to healthcare's efforts to reduce mortality from sepsis
Case studies
We partner with our customers across multiple health systems to share successes and industry best practices.
BD HealthSight™ Infection Advisor streamlines workflow for NSHN reporting
Discover how their infection preventionists are able to focus their time on better clinical outcomes.
BD HealthSight™ Infection Advisor reduces NIMs on average by 16.36%
Learn how they protected 383 patients and reduced length of days by 3,380 contributing to $7.4M in avoided costs
BD HealthSight™ Infection Advisor helps save $5 million with recommended…
See how they avoided $5 million in costs by promoting process improvements.
Clinical research
Association rules and data mining in hospital infection control and public…
The new process and system are efficient and effective in identifying new, unexpected, and interesting patterns in surveillance data.
The safety of intravenous diuretics alone vs. diuretics plus parenteral…
Compared with alternative intravenous regimens, administration of vasodilators, including NES, was not associated with increased inpatient mortality.
Epidemiology and outcomes of healthcare-associated pneumonia: results from a…
The present analysis justified HCAP as a new category of pneumonia. S aureus was a major pathogen of all pneumonias with higher rates in non-CAP pneumonias.
A prospective evaluation of the bedside index for severity in acute…
The BISAP score represents a simple way to identify patients at risk of increased mortality and the development of intermediate markers of severity within 24 hours of presentation.