A lack of infection control policies for home healthcare programs puts patients and caregivers at risk, according to a Case Western Reserve University news release. Irena Kenneley, assistant professor ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

CDC modernizes 1998 infection prevention guidelines for healthcare workers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an update Oct. 18 of its 1998 guidelines for infection control and ...

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...

While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has released an updated set of guidelines for infection control in cardiovascular catheterization laboratories. Release of these revised ...

Here are nine things to know. 1. Infection transmission as a result of GI endoscopes is extremely rare, and most reported cases are due to lapses in currently accepted endoscope reprocessing standards ...

The first comprehensive recommendations in 10 years for dental infection control were released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new Guidelines use the broader term ...

March 19, 2010 — Funding is needed to develop infection control guidelines for acupuncture, according to an editorial posted online March 18 in the British Medical Journal. "Acupuncture, which is ...

(CNN) — Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine ...