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Delays in Antibiotic Initiation of Hospitalized Patients: Increased Mortality

Greg Vigna August 1, 2025 No Comments

“The hospital administration must review each occurrence of hospital-acquired sepsis to ensure there are no delays in diagnosis and no delays in treatment. In addition, different units within the hospital…

Delays in Antibiotic Initiation of Hospitalized Patients Reported

Greg Vigna December 5, 2024 No Comments

“The probability of antimicrobial initiation among patients with new hospital-onset sepsis declined at shift changes and overnight. Time to antimicrobial initiation for patients with sepsis onset overnight was four times…

PICC lines, Sepsis and Septic Shock

Greg Vigna November 20, 2024 No Comments

“More than 20% of hospitalizations for sepsis among U.S. adults occur in patients with cancer, and the incidence of sepsis is increased by a factor of approximately 40 among patients…

Hospital Acquired Sepsis: High Morbidity and Mortality But is Not Routinely Tracked

lukej April 16, 2024 No Comments

“Routine Hospital Onset-Acquired Sepsis Event surveillance could complement current Hospital Acquired Infections measures, improve the efficiency and objectivity of surveillance, and provide a broader window into serious nosocomial infections” states…

Call to Action for Sepsis Survivors: Reduce ICU-Hospital-Acquired Sepsis

lukej April 1, 2024 No Comments

The best way to prevent post-sepsis syndrome is to substantially reduce the number of patients who suffer from hospital-acquired sepsis. It is time for polyurethane and silicone central lines to…

Hospital-Acquired Sepsis: Twenty Percent Caused by Central-Lines, Including PICCs

lukej March 30, 2024 No Comments

“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…

Hospital Acquired Sepsis Worse than Community Acquired Sepsis: Line Sepsis in Focus

lukej March 29, 2024 No Comments

“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.…

PICC Line and Central Venous Catheters: Candida Auris, an Urgent Established Threat

lukej March 28, 2024 No Comments

“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…

Post-sepsis Syndrome: Consistent Pattern of Functional Disabilities

lukej March 25, 2024 No Comments

“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…

Leading Cause of Healthcare-associated Infections in Children with Cancer: Central Lines

lukej March 24, 2024 No Comments

“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…

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Delays in Antibiotic Initiation of Hospitalized Patients: Increased Mortality

Delays in Antibiotic Initiation of Hospitalized Patients Reported

PICC lines, Sepsis and Septic Shock

Hospital Acquired Sepsis: High Morbidity and Mortality But is Not Routinely Tracked

Call to Action for Sepsis Survivors: Reduce ICU-Hospital-Acquired Sepsis

Hospital-Acquired Sepsis: Twenty Percent Caused by Central-Lines, Including PICCs

Hospital Acquired Sepsis Worse than Community Acquired Sepsis: Line Sepsis in Focus

PICC Line and Central Venous Catheters: Candida Auris, an Urgent Established Threat

Post-sepsis Syndrome: Consistent Pattern of Functional Disabilities

Leading Cause of Healthcare-associated Infections in Children with Cancer: Central Lines

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