The importance of effective infection control compliance has been evidenced in recent HealthLeaders articles about staff games for hand hygiene and online videos. Another tactic some hospitals take is ...

With the roll out of vaccines and slowing rates of COVID-19 infections, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has not shifted its survey focus away from infection control. Instead, the agency ...

Nurses are at the heart of the fight against antimicrobial resistance, which requires multifocal measures to prevent and control infections Abstract We rely on antimicrobials to fight infections, but ...

Nosocomial infections are defined as infections acquired in the hospital. There must be no evidence that the infection was present or incubating at the time of hospital admission. Usually, an ...

Joan Cochrane, MSc, RGN, RM, NDN (Cert), Adv.Dip. Health Sciences, is senior lecturer in infection control, University of Northumbria Many patients are vulnerable to infections in all health care ...

What is a Master of Science in Infection Prevention & Control? The Master of Science (MS) in Infection Prevention & Control degree trains students to work as professionals in the field of infection ...

After nearly two months at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Erica Schoenradt was making plans in May to see her dentist for a checkup. Then she got a notice from Swish Dental that the cost of ...