Bacterial and fungal infections appeared to defy stricter prevention measures ...

Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice during nursing home flu and COVID outbreaks, according to a new study.

Even as the pandemic fades further into the past, other concerns constantly threaten the skilled nursing sector, leading long-term care experts to call for stronger leadership in infection prevention ...

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 ...

The CDC ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee on May 8, and healthcare associations and groups are decrying the decision. “I urge HHS to consider: what will replace the ...

Healthcare providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, are coming under increased pressures to maintain a high level of infection prevention and control. In order to achieve this, ASCs must ...

The Infection Control and Prevention micro-credential covers the essential principles of infection prevention and control and their application in long-term care settings. Students earn a digital ...

As a whole, Oregon hospitals failed in 2024 to meet national standards for preventing infections related to certain surgeries and other health care procedures, the Oregon Health Authority reported.

Oregon hospitals have been making progress in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs), but they still fall short in ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...