The first major update to long-term care infection prevention and control recommendations in 17 years offer providers a new ...

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 ...

Doctors throughout the U.S. are raising the alarm as cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) elevate dramatically in ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in ...

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 ...

NDM-CRE belongs to a group of bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), which are resistant to some of the ...

Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, is president of Infection Control Consulting Services based in Blue Bell, Pa. Q: Our ambulatory surgery center has brought on a new partner who believes we could save money by ...