Surgery centers are placing a greater emphasis on infection prevention as the healthcare industry turns an eye to quality measures and their future ties to reimbursement. Jean Day, RN, CNOR, director ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

Doral, Fla.-based Jackson West Medical Center opened in August 2021 with a road map for preventing hospital acquired infections that is now being scaled across the system. “From the very beginning, we ...

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST Certified post-acute analytics solution, announced today its participation at the ...

Specialized nurses are first-line defenders against infection and diseases. Like the wider health care industry, the nursing profession is continually changing in response to medical needs. We see ...

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 ...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, infection prevention and control (IPC) in long-term care facilities was usually relegated to the sidelines. If it was focused on at all, IPC often fell squarely on ...

Infection preventionists are increasingly important — and increasingly challenged. Here’s a look at how and why.

Funding cuts and restructuring at the CDC reportedly have disrupted certain efforts related to infection prevention, control and disease monitoring. One such effort is Together TakeMeHome at Emory ...