During the pandemic, one very clear tragedy stood out: Approximately 200,000 residents and staff died from COVID-19 in nursing homes. However, what many people don’t realize is that even before the ...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patients at long-term care facilities are at risk for healthcare-associated infections – infections that occur while a patient receives ...

A recent study conducted on healthcare workers from Vancouver, Canada, has demonstrated that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination together with non-pharmaceutical infection control measures ...

Mary Duncan, R.N., MSN, CIC, is the senior director of Infection Prevention for the UAB Health System, with 18 years of experience implementing best practices at various health facilities. Her ...

Scientists found that an emphasis on compliance with non-pathogen specific infection control practices such as hand hygiene, efforts to reduce device-related infections and chlorhexidine bathing (a ...

U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with infection prevention policies, according to a study. U.S. hospital intensive care units (ICUs) show uneven compliance with ...

Researchers conducted a multicountry, cluster-randomized study to evaluate the impact of the APT-Sepsis program on maternal outcomes.

Infection control and prevention is especially difficult for orthopedic surgeons because they are often implanting artificial devices into the patient. “If patients develop an infection, it could mean ...