Nearly 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes may not be complying with federal requirements regarding the designation and training of an infection preventionist to oversee infection control practices at ...
Carol Blanar, RN, CNOR, executive director of the Indiana Federation of Ambulatory Surgical Centers, shares six ways Indiana ASCs can strengthen their infection control programs right now. 1. Appoint ...
Though the role of the infection preventionist is expanding in response to demand for quality in healthcare, support systems are not growing at the same rate as infection preventionists’ ...
Making a business case for hiring new infection preventionists starts with gathering data on the current state of infection rates and staffing concerns. Infection preventionists have an expertise that ...
PLEASANTON, Calif., June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Clorox Healthcare is proud to once again partner with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) for its 2021 ...
The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...
From Online MPH Student to Infection Control Specialist: Alum Shares Her Route to Landing Dream Role
A recent graduate of the Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH) at Drexel University, Ashley Diamond, Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology and minor in Infection Control ’23, is now working ...
An integrated infection prevention response can serve as an effective strategy to combat disease outbreaks often spurred by decreasing immunization rates, according to a study presented at the ...
San Antonio, Texas, June 4, 2024 – In an era of hospital budget cuts and staffing freezes, a Florida hospital more than doubled staff positions for infection prevention and control (IPC) over a ...
First came the federal requirement that every nursing home must have an infection control preventionist on staff. Now, a government watchdog says that minimum training requirements should be ...
Findings from a first-of-its-kind study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggest that infection preventionists experienced worsening mental and physical health as a ...
Arlington, Va., July 14, 2022 – Findings from a first-of-its-kind study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggest that infection preventionists experienced worsening ...
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