The following is written by Carla Daley, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health. At Regent, we believe in “walking the walk,” meaning that our facilities should be status ...

Nursing homes must begin to use enhanced barrier precautions to prevent broader transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms and to help protect patients with chronic wounds and indwelling devices, ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Appeals Board recently ruled in Life Care Center of Kirkland v. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and upheld a finding of immediate jeopardy ...

A faculty member at the University of Louisville School of Public Health & Information Sciences has been selected to advise national healthcare leaders on infection control policy. Ruth Carrico, PhD, ...

Universal skin decolonisation of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) may not improve infection control. New research led by the University of Aberdeen indicated that it might increase ...

Dr Ranga Reddy Burri of the Infection Control Academy of India termed the policy shift from a treatment-based system to preventive healthcare services as the most encouraging aspect of the Budget ...

Pennsylvania hospitals operated by Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems have struggled to protect staff and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, 11 medical staff members told The ...

Are dentists making the grade on infection-control policies? A recent poll on infection control published in the Journal of the American Dental Association raised eyebrows for the wrong reasons. The ...

Infectious Disease is the study of human and animal diseases caused by microorganisms. Students studying infectious disease at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health take courses in areas ...