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

With contagions becoming more prevalent in facilities, a strong prevention program can be the best defense. Martha Harris will not likely forget Christmas last year. While many people were unwrapping ...

The majority of infection control practitioners do not trust their hospital’s laundering system, with 72 percent of ICPs reporting they would not wipe their drinking glass with a freshly laundered ...

The chair of the infection control committee should have an ongoing interest in the prevention and control of infection. Members should represent microbiology, nursing, the OR, central supply, ...

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 ...

One hospital's multimodal approach has successfully lowered infections. For Necia Kimber, RN, CIC, MHA, infection control practitioner at Stillwater (Oklahoma) Medical Center, "one infection is too ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract While society would benefit from a reduced incidence of nosocomial infections, there is currently no direct reimbursement to hospitals for the ...

Total, or hospital-wide, surveillance-collection of comprehensive data on all infections in the facility, with the aim of correcting problems as they arise. This is labor intensive. Surveillance by ...