Employees at a North Carolina hospital were five times more likely to report infection prevention issues if they faced a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 compared to their co-workers, according to ...

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.

Many nurses often skip some vital infection control measures, as found in a report conducted by Donna Powers, DNP, RN, of Kransoff Quality Management Institute in New York, according to ...

Here are 11 infection-control measures and their accompanying recommended steps for implementation for internal construction and repair projects, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

More islanders are attending the Emergency Department (ED) with "flu-like symptoms", a doctor has said. Jersey General ...

Due to an unexpected increase in infections, officials at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh are threatening to use disciplinary action against any physicians and staff who do fail to follow infection ...

The CDC estimates that roughly 1 in 31 US hospital patients contract at least one infection linked to their health care every day. The CDC said the results of the 2024 report show the continued need ...

Adherence to standard dialysis infection prevention and control (IPC) measures enabled safe provision of dialysis to patients with Candida auris colonization or infection, without transmission to ...

In absence of a vaccine, compliance with infection prevention & control (IPC) measures remains the most effective intervention to control the COVID-19 outbreak. Our Weekly Epidemiology Report ...