Bacteria that cause bloodstream infections in critically ill patients may be growing resistant to a common hospital antiseptic, called chlorhexidine gluconate, according to a study published in the ...

A study, published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, examined the effectiveness of cleaning a urinary catheter, before and during use, in avoiding catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The ...

Giving hospital patients daily baths with an antiseptic cloth may sharply , including infections of the drug-resistant staph germ From to , serious kill an estimated each year. Hoping to cut that toll ...

Bacteria that cause life-threatening bloodstream infections in critically ill patients may be growing increasingly resistant to a common hospital antiseptic, according to a recent study. Chlorhexidine ...

The incidence of MRSA infections among patients known to carry the bacteria on their body following hospitalizations was cut by 30% in a collection of California hospitals by getting patients to ...

Getting your nose checked for bacteria and using a newer type of antiseptic may help to prevent infections during surgery, two studies have found. Two studies in Thursday's New England Journal of ...

An antiseptic commonly used by renal patients is suspected to have caused a bacterial infection in 53 people in Hong Kong over the past two years. The Department of Health has urged the public to stop ...

Kira Reed was woozy from local anesthesia for her cesarean-section delivery, but she knew something was wrong. She was lying in the operating room at Crouse Hospital on March 12, 2010. Her doctor had ...