Though initiatives meant to prevent hospital-acquired infection come with price tags that can seem to outweigh the reduction of a single infectious disease, a new study published by Drs. Michihiko Goto and Eli Perencevich in a recent issue of Clinical Infectious Disease shows that the benefits of such initiatives may be far-reaching. (Our initial announcement […]
Drs. Michihiko Goto and Eli Perencevich have published new findings in the most recent issue of Clinical Infectious Disease that reveal the VA’s nationwide and successfully aggressive effort to decrease drug-resistant staph infections had the added benefit of dramatically reducing infection rates of even more difficult-to-fight bacteria. The VA’s efforts at increasing hand hygiene practice, […]
by Tony Craine, Medicine Iowa With fists at chin level, a young video game player focuses on the television in front of him. He begins shadow boxing, throwing a series of punches and kicks. Meanwhile, on the screen, an animated character engaged in hand-to-hand combat faithfully reproduces all of the player’s punches and kicks in […]