New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente offers a complimentary infection control toolkit to serve as a resource for infection preventionists assessing or expanding infection prevention programs. The ...

Infection prevention and control (IPC) and antibiotic stewardship (AS) programs are inextricably linked, according to a joint position paper published today by the Association for Professionals in ...

What better time to talk about the topic than Dental Infection Control Awareness Month, which takes place in September. Jessica Higginbotham, a board member of the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and ...

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) is recognizing Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM) in September with the theme "Staying in the Know Together." Each week will ...

Steve Corl, administrator at Mackinaw Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., explains how the surgery center selected an infection control officer and created greater infection control awareness to meet ...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, infection prevention and control (IPC) in long-term care facilities was usually relegated to the sidelines. If it was focused on at all, IPC often fell squarely on ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has awarded grants to the schools of medicine at both Marshall University and West Virginia University to ...

Some healthcare organizations, including long-term care communities, are taking infection control to a whole new level. An article published Dec. 7 in Infection Control Today highlights the concept of ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The updated guidance highlights best practices for infection prevention and control staffing and preparedness in ...