A new video aims to help state health officials stop communicable disease and other infections caused by health care provider errors. A new video aims to help state health officials stop communicable ...

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

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...

Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are an ongoing challenge for hospitals and health systems, racking up billions in costs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly one ...

During their most recent state-government inspection, 77% of ambulatory surgery centers had at least one violation, and 25% of them had serious deficiencies, according to a new report from the HHS ...

Guidelines for reducing healthcare-associated infections are not hard to find. They're everywhere, in fact. But a new infection control compendium released last week is no ordinary guideline. Myriad ...

Many efforts to implement best practices in healthcare settings concede one fundamental universal truth: Successful change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. When it comes to implementing infection control ...

For three straight years, state-run health inspection teams showed up at a long-term care facility in east Vancouver and left with similar findings each time. In 2017, inspectors discovered Pacific ...

While most national attention has focused on the dismantling of public health infrastructure at the federal level, a new law ...

Nurses only group with higher risk once community exposure considered. The largest cohort of health care workers risk for SARS CoV-2. Only high-flow oxygen therapy and hemodialysis linked to more ...