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

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 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 ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in ...

There is a direct correlation between how well an infection prevention program is staffed and a facility’s rate of infection. Your reaction might be “duh,” but the scientific proof was elusive — until ...

Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're likely following standards influenced by the Healthcare Infection Control ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infection preventionists spent most of their time doing off-site consultations. Researchers developed a formula ...

NDM-CRE belongs to a group of bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), which are resistant to some of the most powerful antibiotics available, per the CDC. New Delhi ...

A deadly fungal infection is spreading at “an alarming rate” inside health facilities and long-term-care hospitals across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

Focused infection control surveys are no longer part of the standard survey process, federal officials announced in a memo to state directors Wednesday. Any COVID-19 or infection control concerns ...