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Sepsis Awareness Month: Why Sepsis Awareness Is More Important Than Ever

Denise Cardo, MD Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention In these unprecedented times, Sepsis Awareness Month is a moment for us to reflect on and recommit to focusing on the needs of the patient. Sepsis is the body’s extreme Read More >

September 11, 2020 by CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog30 Comments

Infection Control and Prevention, Sepsis

Drawing on the past to pave the way for the future

The 6th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare Associated Infections is being reimagined into a series of virtual sessions called Decennial Day. Decennial Day will take place on Monday, April 12, 2021 and registration is free. For more information on the agenda and the speakers for Decennial Day, visit: Decennial Day at SHEA Spring 2021 Read More >

January 15, 2020 by CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog2 Comments

Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Use (Stewardship), Healthcare-associated infections, Infection Control and Prevention

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Sepsis Awareness Month: Why Each Person Matters

Denise Cardo, MD Director CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that affects at least 1.7 million adults in the United States each year and causes nearly 270,000 deaths. This is too many lives. While Read More >

September 13, 2019 by CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog12 Comments

Healthcare-associated infections, Sepsis

Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition: Partnerships to Accelerate Progress in Patient Safety

Denise Cardo, MD Director CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion In June 2019, CDC and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) co-hosted the third meeting of the Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition in Atlanta. CDC has worked with partners to prevent bloodstream infections for more than a decade, and the Coalition Read More >

August 15, 2019 by CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog3 Comments

Dialysis, Healthcare-associated infections, Infection Control and Prevention

A Back to Basics Approach to Prevent Infection

The Rory Staunton Foundation was established by Ciaran and Orlaith Staunton following the preventable death of their 12-year-old son, Rory, from sepsis in 2012.

Guest Author: Orlaith Staunton Co-Founder Rory Staunton Foundation for Sepsis Prevention A Back to Basics Approach to Prevent Infection It was hard to see it happen. We were watching a friend’s basketball game when the young boy fell down and began to bleed from a cut on his arm. The referee sent him out of Read More >

May 2, 2018 by CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog9 Comments

Healthcare-associated infections, Patient Stories and Patient Safety