What is the role of the nose in infection acquisition and transmission? Why do harmless commensal bacteria on the skin become pathogenic and lead to infection? If hands are decolonized to reduce risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to Calabrese, who is also chief medical editor for Healio Rheumatology, familiarity with all available ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Research published this year explored the impact of prevention bundles, environmental sampling and patient ...

Some healthcare organizations, including long-term care communities, are taking infection control to a whole new level. An article published Dec. 7 in Infection Control Today highlights the concept of ...

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference on Oct. 25, Lorri Downs, vice president of clinical services, infection prevention and patient safety at Medline, discussed how surgery centers ...

Working with surgeons, operating room directors, service line leaders, lean practitioners and other industry leaders, I have heard about great pre-, intra- and post-operative risk prevention efforts.

Marissa Leahy’s passion for infectious disease prevention started long before she stepped into a hospital or attended a public health lecture. Growing up in Philadelphia, her interest was sparked by ...

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 11: Health Minister Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi emphasized that investing in infection control programs is the most ...

Hepatitis C is a serious condition that can greatly affect your liver and overall health. The culprit is a virus called hepatitis C virus (HCV), which typically gets into a person’s system through ...

During surges, the differences in case rates between in-center and home patients were more apparent than during non-surge weeks for all variant-dominated periods.

A member of the profession who was working as a senior infection prevention and control nurse in the Black Country has ...