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A study published in the Annals of Surgery examined how the World Health Organization's Surgical Safety Checklist affected postsurgical deaths.

The hospital-acquired infection control market is set to substantially expand through 2020, a Persistence Market Research report found, according to medGadget.

Throughout an eight-month period, 10 infants at UC Irvine Medical Center neonatal intensive care unit tested positive for the same Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain, according to The OCR.

Public health officials are warning the public of the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which people can acquire through mouse droppings. With the weather warming up, officials expect a major uptick in these viral infections, according to The Washington Post.

A study published in JAMA Surgery examined opioid use after major and minor operations, which was previously sparsely documented.

Infectious disease physicians' average compensation jumped 6 percent in 2017, according to the "Medscape ID Physician Compensation Report 2017."

Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes rates are climbing among America's youth, according to MedPage Today.

Orthopedic surgeons have the fifth-highest wait times of any specialty physician group, with an average wait time of 21 minutes—and the longer the wait time, the greater the decrease in patient satisfaction, according to a 2017 report.1

Failing to adhere to patient safety protocols can have severe consequences for patients.  

Twenty-one legislators sent a letter to the Trump administration asking officials to appropriate $300 million to fight infectious disease outbreaks, according to Morning Consult.