An effective ASC infection control program must be robust. It should involve many individuals at the ASC, from staff members all the way up through leadership. It must also include many different ...

SEATTLE — Dec. 16, 2009 — Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tuberculosis infection-control program should consist of administrative controls, environmental controls and a respiratory-protection ...

A study conducted by researchers from the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium suggests multidimensional infection control programs are vital to reducing healthcare-associated ...

News that the CDC launched an infection control training program and a study that found fluoroquinolone use decreased after the FDA’s 2016 black box warning were among the top stories in infectious ...

Infection preventionists are increasingly important — and increasingly challenged. Here’s a look at how and why.

A new infection control program is 95% effective at eradicating bacteria, including MRSA and VRE, from athletic training rooms, according to a new report. Researchers from University Hospitals in ...

Generally speaking, one would think that HHS would be in favor of having hospitals roll out simple, effective infection control programs--particularly given that CMS will soon stop paying to treat ...

A Michigan program to reduce hospital-associated infections is catching on nationwide as the Obama administration offers $50 million to states to promote quality initiatives and will begin penalizing ...

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

Proper infection prevention and control is considered among the most important practices for avoiding cross-contamination and the spread of contagious disease. Here is a look at the deficiencies that ...