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As a whole, Oregon hospitals failed in 2024 to meet national standards for preventing infections related to certain surgeries and other health care procedures, the Oregon Health Authority reported.

Continuous antibiotic prophylaxis increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, which should be avoided in children with vesicoureteral reflux.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual progress report on health care-associated infections Jan. 29, which found continued decreases in hospitalizations from multiple ...

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A two-year program at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora reduced the rate of hospital-acquired conditions by 46.5%, according to research published Feb. 1 in Critical Care Nurse.  Children’s ...

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Without systematic documentation, traditional plants’ uses could be lost or excluded from mainstream medical discourse.

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