healthcare facility infection control News
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Illinois Healthcare Facilities on the Lookout for VRE Infections
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every twenty hospital patients acquires an infection while being treated for another illness. Reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has become a central focus of the CDC in recent years and many healthcare facilities across Illinois have been on the frontline of these efforts. Healthcare-associated ...
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C. diff Rates More than Double in Illinois from 1999 to 2009
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) there were 15,323 hospital discharges of people who had experienced infections due to Clostridium difficile in 2009. The vast majority of these infected patients, at 68%, were individuals who were 65 years or older. Of these, almost 60% were female patients. “Clostridium difficile, also known as C. diff, CDI and C. difficile, ...
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Candidiasis Infections Impact Midwest Healthcare Facilities
Candidiasis is caused by fungal pathogens from the Candida genus. Most infections are caused by Candida albicans, a type of fungus that grows both as a yeast and filamentous cells. The ubiquitous fungi represent one of the most common fungal pathogens to affect the human population. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Invasive candidiasis is a fungal ...
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