For the first time in 17 years, physicians and researchers have published updated guidance for infection prevention and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

South East Coast Ambulance Service's Infection Prevention Control (IPC) team won the Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Award for Excellence. The recognition came as a result of developing an IPC app ...

As we look toward World AMR Awareness Week, the conversation around antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has never been more urgent.

Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis using non-beta lactams confers a greater risk for surgical site infection than ...

Experts highlight homes and schools in India as key infection spreaders, stressing hygiene and ventilation for prevention.

Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, told Newsweek in an email on Saturday, “Infection with a H5N5 bird flu virus ...

Mortality was strongly associated with older age, comorbidities, and infection type, underscoring the need for early and diagnosis-specific antimicrobial intervention.