JANUARY 3, 2024

Taking the Bite Out of Pneumonia

By IDSE News Staff

An inexpensive tool may help reduce rates of pneumonia for hospitalized patients (JAMA Intern Med 2023 Dec 18. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.6638).

A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute examined whether daily toothbrushing among hospitalized patients would be associated with lower rates of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP).