Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Inside were tissues, bar ...

Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Inside were tissues, bar ...

Hospitals are falling short when it comes to preventing patients from acquiring pneumonia during their stays, and it's costing millions every year, a new study from the Journal of Infection Control ...

Objective: To characterize care of nursing home residents who became ill with nursing home–acquired pneumonia (NHAP) in a group-model, nonprofit HMO, and to pilot-test a strategy to implement ...

Equipping nursing home staff with proper training and techniques to provide effective oral care to residents reduced the number of pneumonia cases at facilities during the first year of a two-year ...

November 11, 2008 — Select risk factors incorporated into simple scoring tools allows more accurate identification of persons with healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) caused by antibiotic-resistant ...

Australian hospitals should avoid prescribing expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid the development of more drug-resistant super bugs, according to a new study. Australian ...

With a simple screening tool, nurses at a cancer treatment center were able to identify patients at high risk for hospital-acquired pneumonia and implement measures to eradicate the infection, ...

Viral testing should be carried out among all older individuals who have been admitted to hospital for nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP), recommend researchers. "Early detection of viral ...

Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Inside were tissues, bar ...