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 ...

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 ...

A lack of infection control policies for home healthcare programs puts patients and caregivers at risk, according to a Case Western Reserve University news release. Irena Kenneley, assistant professor ...

With recent news of two Texas healthcare workers becoming infected with the Ebola virus after treating a patient from Liberia, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was a major topic of discussion at last week's ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has released an updated set of guidelines for infection control in cardiovascular catheterization laboratories. Release of these revised ...

The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee of the CDC is revising infection control guidelines for healthcare facilities throughout the country. They have come under considerable criticism ...

Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're likely following standards influenced by the Healthcare Infection Control ...

COVERAGE TONIGHT AND TONIGHT’S OTHER BIG STORY. THERE WILL BE IN PERSON. SUMMER SCHOOL IN IOWA SCHOOLS MAY OPEN JUNE 1ST, BUT GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS THAT COMES WITH SEVERAL SAFETY MEASURES KETV ...

At the 19th Annual Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on October 27, Sandra Jones, MBA, executive vice president, ASD Management, shared five key practices for ASC infection control, quality ...

A new study that looked at dental office compliance with infection-control guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that implementation was neither complete nor ...

The Government’s Covid-19 UK-wide infection control guidelines for protecting patients and NHS staff are “flawed and need replacing”, a new report claims. A Royal College of Nursing-commissioned ...