The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published an infection prevention checklist for outpatient settings. The checklist, “Infection Prevention Checklist for Outpatient Settings: Minimum ...

The best way to show the federal government takes seriously the importance of infection control in nursing homes, especially in the wake of the pandemic, is to require a full-time specialist. That’s ...

Here are 10 recent studies regarding infection control and prevention. 1. Results from a study by Denver Health and University of Colorado Health Services Center researchers showed there were no ...

A core aspect of Project Firstline — a national training collaborative for healthcare infection control led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — is content tailored specifically ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has earmarked $2.1 billion from American Rescue Plan funding to improve infection control and prevention across the country – the largest federal ...

A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart outbreaks of infections from the Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium, a leading cause ...

Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to a new study published today in the American Journal of ...

Originally created for hospitals, the World Health Organization’s Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) has been adapted to assess infection prevention and control (IPC) ...

Emergency medical services (EMS) workers appear to be at higher risk of infection when compared to firefighters and other frontline emergency personnel. A new report from the Agency for Healthcare ...

Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired while at a health care facility and are not present at the time of admission. Nosocomial infections are many times also called hospital acquired ...

Researchers say the same team-building and problem-solving skills individuals foster while playing escape room simulation games can be used to help healthcare staff improve their adherence to ...

Tripler Army Medical Center — Tripler Army Medical Center’s Infection Prevention and Control team is at the forefront of patient safety and quality of care, focusing on disease prevention within the ...