Surgery centers are placing a greater emphasis on infection prevention as the healthcare industry turns an eye to quality measures and their future ties to reimbursement. Jean Day, RN, CNOR, director ...

The CDC and the American Nurses Association jointly launched a nursing education network for infection control and prevention. The Nursing Infection Control Education Network consists of 20 specialty ...

The National Nurses United (NNU) spoke out against recent US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention action to finalize infection control guidelines that affect long-term care communities. The NNU ...

Lucknow: In a bid to strengthen infection control and improve patient safety, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical ...

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 ...

BJ Medical College (BJMC) and Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) in Pune on October 15 conducted a training workshop “Breaking the Chain – Effective Infection Control Practices” for government nurses to ...

Arlington, Va., May 11, 2023 – A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggests that allowing bedside nurses to independently order testing for C. difficile ...

The first major update to long-term care infection prevention and control recommendations in 17 years offer providers a new roadmap that acknowledges the increased medical needs of residents, the rise ...