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Antimicrobial coating hospitals rely on is back in the spotlight. New CDC data published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine brought welcome news: healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in U.S. hospitals fell 27% between 2015 and 2023, with roughly 1 in 38 patients affected today compared to 1 in 31 eight years ago. Central line infections, catheter-associated UTIs, and C. difficile cases are all down significantly — a real win for infection prevention teams Read more

When it comes to antimicrobial coating for hospitals, timing matters as much as technology. New surveillance data released by the CDC last week brought a genuinely encouraging headline: healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in U.S. hospitals have continued their decade-long decline. According to a survey of hospitals across 10 states, one in 38 patients had at least one HAI on a given day in 2023 — down from one in 31 in 2015 and one in 25 Read more

Hospital infections are moving in two different directions at once. New CDC data released this month brought good news: healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in U.S. hospitals dropped from roughly 1 in 31 patients in 2015 to about 1 in 38 patients in 2023, according to a survey published July 15, 2026 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Cleaning protocols, stewardship programs, and better clinical practice are clearly working. But the same week brought a less Read more

New data published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine brought good news for US healthcare: patients in 2023 were 27% less likely to pick up a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) than patients in 2015. The CDC’s national survey, covered by the American Hospital Association on July 17, found roughly 1 in 38 patients had at least one HAI in 2023, down from 1 in 31 in 2015 — with sharp declines in central Read more