Infection control stands as a cornerstone of modern healthcare systems, safeguarding patients, healthcare professionals, and the community at large. By implementing comprehensive and rigorous measures ...

Oregon hospitals have been making progress in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs), but they still fall short in ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent health challenges of our time, affecting people, animals, and the ...

Oregon hospitals recorded nearly 1,000 infections that patients picked up while receiving care in 2024, resulting in infection levels that missed most national safety standards, according to a new ...

Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...

SEMBACH, Germany – A select group of Army dentists, enlisted dental specialists and civilian dental staff assigned to the Rhineland-Pfalz Dental Activity recently took part in specialized training ...

The best way to show the federal government takes seriously the importance of infection control in nursing homes, especially in the wake of the pandemic, is to require a full-time specialist. That’s ...

New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IIDs) and psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) face unique concerns when it comes to providing care and ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has earmarked $2.1 billion from American Rescue Plan funding to improve infection control and prevention across the country – the largest federal ...

Here are six things ASCs should do internally and externally to further perfect their already existing infection control programs. 1. Educate patients. Although there is a myriad of best practices for ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...