ASCs are experiencing increased pressure to demonstrate low incidence of infection and compliance to infection prevention rules and regulations. Louise Dechesser, a surveyor for the Accreditation ...

The infection control compliance rate during patient transfers increased nearly 95 percent with the implementation of communication tools, according to a study in BMC Infectious Diseases. Researchers ...

Two months into Phase 3 of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ latest Medicare rules of participation provisions, nursing homes are well-versed in stricter infection control rules around ...

A new study that looked at dental office compliance with infection-control guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that implementation was neither complete nor ...

Federal regulators have quietly put in place new, stricter enforcement measures for nursing homes that struggle to meet infection control and vaccine immunization requirements for residents and staff.

Effective March 4, 2020, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the suspension of non-emergency survey inspections of nursing homes in order to focus on infection control ...

Today, I am excited to kick off a series of interviews focused on infection control in the dental practice with key opinion leaders. Canham offers a warning when it comes to ensuring the highest level ...

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