"… en patients diagnosed with septicemia showed signs of having urinary tract infections, a far less serious condition.Medicare pays bonuses of several thousand do …"

"… Los Angeles County. Inspectors determined that seven patients with urinary infections and one with a bone infection were documented as having sepsis.Overall, th …"

"… where he told medical coders to document that patients with urinary tract infections actually had sepsis.“He said that ‘patients with urosepsis are septic, …"

"… perior Court.According to the National Institutes of Health, urinary tract infections are the second most common infection in the body, accounting for 8.3 milli …"

"… quality, patient safety, as well as performance indicators for things like infections after surgery, falls, waiting times, cancellation of operations and lots m …"

"… ted with golden staph. As well, three heart surgery patients had died from infections in the sternum and the hospital’s cardiothoracic unit had one of the hig …"

"… e HIV infection rates of over 5 percent. Estimates place 60 percent of new infections in the age group of 15 to 25.As in many of the PEPFAR focus countries, wom …"

"… efforts to help the people of Africa" that would prevent seven million new infections, treat at least 2 million infected individuals and provide care for millio …"

"… to protect themselves from exposure to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.ABY: Abstinence and behavior change in youth. Interventions targeting yout …"

"… An immune disorder that renders the body more susceptible to opportunistic infections such as certain types of cancers. AIDS is caused by HIV and spread primari …"

"… er they account for more than half of the world's estimated 40 million HIV infections.FSW: Female sex worker. A woman who trades sex for money or goods.GNI: Gro …"

"… body's immune system cells, which hinders the body's ability to fight off infections. HIV is spread through certain body fluids, particularly blood and semen.H …"

"… at least seven joint surgery patients at Methodist who acquired dangerous infections during a two-week period. The outbreak led Methodist to close operating ro …"

"… Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service, blames the Methodist infections on those dirty devices. “Evidence from the investigation suggests the Me …"

"… Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The bacteria that caused the infections was “likely introduced into the case patients’ joint spaces” by dirt …"

"… ents or fluid that passed through them.Investigators say hospital-acquired infections are notoriously difficult to track to their sources, but Tosh’s account …"

"… In the U.S., part of that challenge is complacency. Despite 50,000 new HIV infections here every year, an AP-GfK poll finds that very few people in the United S …"

"… medications.Yet for all the improvements in HIV treatment, the rate of new infections in the U.S. has held steady for about a decade. About 1 in 5 Americans wit …"

"… who unwittingly can spread the virus.Government figures show most new U.S. infections are among gay and bisexual men, followed by heterosexual black women. Of p …"

"… s account for about 14 percent of the population but 44 percent of new HIV infections.Your ZIP code plays a role in your risk, too. Twelve cities account for mo …"

"… isappointed. He told The Associated Press that he contracted two bacterial infections from the clinic and now has regular tests for HIV and hepatitis. He beat c …"

"… infection. The scare led officials to test nearly 300 cancer patients for infections such as HIV. The department has said none of the patients tested had blood …"

"… The department has said none of the patients tested had blood-borne viral infections related to the clinic's care. However, a civil lawsuit claims at least on …"