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

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tuberculosis infection-control program should consist of administrative controls, environmental controls and a respiratory-protection ...

The risk of nosocomial infection has been thought to be minimal in ambulatory surgical settings because of the short stay in the facility, the short duration of anesthesia, the ‘minor’ nature of the ...

Multiple regulatory initiatives are targeting the prevention and potential elimination of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) —an adverse clinical outcome still seen in 1 out of 25 hospitalized ...

The CDC’s recently published guidelines on infection control and combating antibiotic resistance don’t take into account the reality of what’s going on in the “trenches”, Judy Stone, clinical ...

Some healthcare organizations, including long-term care communities, are taking infection control to a whole new level. An article published Dec. 7 in Infection Control Today highlights the concept of ...