Hospitals are working hard to control bacterial infections that patients can acquire, and a new study shows that introducing private rooms in an intensive care unit can slash infection rates by more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. James Hospital has opened two state-of-the-art ICU-designated rooms. The openings mark a major advancement in critical care ...

Multidrug-resistant organisms may be spread around patient rooms by textile cleaning wipes, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers analyzed 91 samples ...

In an acute care hospital, the intensive care unit staff must effectively use specialized equipment, while making split-second decisions pertaining to the care of a large number of medically fragile ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For the very sickest patients in an intensive care unit (ICU), being assigned to a room that can't easily be seen from the central nursing station might lower the chances ...

Public health investigators linked two cases of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in hospitalized patients to their most likely source -- a sink in the intensive care unit (ICU) room where both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More very sick patients in Hornell may be able to stay closer to friends and family as St. James Hospital moves to expand its ...