Infection control technique may reduce infections in patients with catheters, drains

(Rush University Medical Center) Each year, approximately 5 million patients in the United States receive treatment that includes the insertion of a medical device such as a catheter, which puts them at increased risk of potentially life-threatening infection. Researchers have found a strategy that greatly reduced both overall infection and infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a group of these patients. The results of their study were published today in the online issue of The Lancet.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news