Hospital infection control programs can help healthcare organizations monitor and improve practices, identify risks and proactively establish policies to prevent the spread of infections. Judith ...

A group of healthcare societies has issued updated infection control guidance for nursing homes, marking the guideline’s first update in 17 years. The guidance was published Oct. 28 in Infection ...

As public social distancing policies evolve to control the COVID-19 pandemic, the direct public health role of hospital infection control should also be considered. There is now emerging evidence ...

In a year when quality and infection control in healthcare has been top-of-mind for healthcare executives as these two elements are increasingly tied to their organizations’ bottom lines, it was ...

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...

The first major update to long-term care infection prevention and control recommendations in 17 years offer providers a new roadmap that acknowledges the increased medical needs of residents, the rise ...

After graduating from the Dornsife School of Public Health in 2018, Kevin Smith, Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology with a minor in Infectious Disease and Population Health, began working ...

Brenda Mastopietro, president of Arizona Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and chief nursing officer for Banner Surgery Centers, shares five best practices ASCs can adopt to build more robust and ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infection preventionists at AdventHealth Celebration doubled their infection control staff over 4 years. This ...

Among 13 hospital units including nearly 3,800 healthcare providers, adherence to expected practice was greater among the units asked to directly glove without hand hygiene compared with the units ...

CAMIGUIN (PIA)—Camiguin General Hospital (CGH) took part in the nationwide observance of National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM), adopting the theme “Kumikilos Para sa Kahandaan, Kaligtasan, at ...