"CLABSI and non-CLABSI HOB cases are associated with significant increases in morbidity, mortality, and cost," states Dr. Kalvin C. Yu, MD, Becton, Dickinson and Company. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pharmaceutical injury attorney shares, “Hospital acquired bloodstream infections are caused by bacteria with increased resistance to antibiotics and increased ability to cause sepsis, organ failure, [...]
“Hospitals seeking to improve sepsis outcomes have developed different strategies for improving sepsis recognition and care in both the Emergency Department and inpatient settings,”states Dr. David Page, MD. University Alabama-Birmingham. What else did Dr. Page say in “Community-, Healthcare- and Hospital-Acquired Severe Sepsis Hospitalizations in the University Health System Consortium" published in Crit Care Med. [...]
“The emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris has been labeled as an urgent threat by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition, the World Health Organization has designated C auris as a critical priority for research and public health action … The most common severe presentation is fungemia, which may be [...]
“Post-sepsis syndrome … is marked by a significantly increased risk of death and a poor health-related quality of life associated with a constellation of long-term effects that persist following the patient’s bout with sepsis. These include neurocognitive impairment, functional disability, psychological deficits, and worsening medical conditions,” states Dr. Zachary Mostel, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. [...]
“Clearly, children with cancer are at disproportional risk of line related sepsis and they should receive the super hydrophilic PICC lines and other central lines which substantially reduces the risk of infection and sepsis,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, National Sepsis Attorney. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pharmaceutical injury attorney explains, “Old, obsolete technology polyurethane and silicone [...]
“The results of this study, based on a contemporary cohort, confirm that proven sepsis has a major impact on neurodevelopmental outcome, independent of other risk factors,” states Dr. Luregn Schlapbach, NICU, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. What did Dr. Schlapbach's report in “Impact of Sepsis on Neurodevelopmental Outcome in a Swiss National Cohort of Extremely [...]
“Compared with patients with community-onset sepsis, patients with hospital-onset sepsis are twice as likely to require mechanical ventilation and ICU admission, have more than two times longer ICU and hospital length of stay, accrue five times higher hospital costs, and are twice as likely to die," states Dr. Jennifer Ginestra, MD. Critical Care Medicine. Greg [...]
We know that the old, obsolete polyurethane and silicone catheters used in PICC lines, central lines, and midlines do nothing to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.” Greg Vigna, MD, JD “Infections during the neonatal period are associated with cerebral palsy in both premature and term babies … the present study highlights the need to [...]
Investigating cases of central-line associated bloodstream infections including PICC lines and midlines. Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It is the third leading cause of neonatal mortality globally, constituting 13% of overall neonatal. In high-income countries, the mortality rate due to neonatal sepsis ranges from 5% to 20%, and neonatal [...]
Polyurethane and silicone PICC lines are defective products because there are safer materials that reduce the risk of hospital acquired bloodstream infections. In the United States, 250,000 hospital-acquired blood stream infections per year have been reported - 23,000 of them have been related to central venous catheter infection in 2009. Another study conducted in [...]