Hospital infection control programs can help healthcare organizations monitor and improve practices, identify risks and proactively establish policies to prevent the spread of infections. Judith ...

Doral, Fla.-based Jackson West Medical Center opened in August 2021 with a road map for preventing hospital acquired infections that is now being scaled across the system. “From the very beginning, we ...

Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from a patient safety watchdog group. It's key ...

Teamwork, along with communication and awareness, can build an effective infection prevention program. Infection prevention and control is fundamental to providing safe and high-quality patient care.

Members of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) voted Friday to defend what some have called weak standards of infection control for healthcare settings, agreeing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A pandemic-themed escape room increased staff adherence to infection prevention and control measures in a Texas ...

Inspectors watched as a worker at Roper Hospital in Charleston dunked only half of a dirty surgical tray into a cleaning solution in a sink, then pulled it out and piled surgical instruments back onto ...

Kaiser hospital confirms Legionella bacteria with 18 cases reported at Santa Clara Medical Center amid water treatment efforts.

The hospital has not had a central line-associated bloodstream infection or a catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the past eight months. AdventHealth Celebration hospital has made gains by ...

New Jersey hospitals remain among the top 10 nationally for their ability to minimize patient infections and surgical errors.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? AND IT’S AN ANSWER WE MIGHT NOT BE GETTING ANY TIME SOON. SALEM HOSPITAL SENDING OUT A LETTER TO NEARLY 450 PATIENTS, LETTING THEM KNOW THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO HIV OR ...