Steve Corl, administrator at Mackinaw Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., explains how the surgery center selected an infection control officer and created greater infection control awareness to meet ...

The Infection Control and Prevention micro-credential covers the essential principles of infection prevention and control and their application in long-term care settings. Students earn a digital ...

Infection Control Consulting Services President Phenelle Segal, RN, shared key insights:: 1. Create an annual infection control and prevention plan. ASCs should create a program that addresses ...

In March, Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, part of OhioHealth, received a Best Practice Award from the Ohio Patient Safety Institute. The award recognized the hospital for its success ...

Focused infection control surveys are no longer part of the standard survey process, federal officials announced in a memo to state directors Wednesday. Any COVID-19 or infection control concerns ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of Texas nursing homes violated standards for controlling infectious diseases since the start of COVID-19 pandemic, according to records from the Texas Health and Human ...

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Sandra Jones, MBA, MS, CASC, FHFMA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ASD Management, will give a ...

Standard IPC measures enabled safe provision of dialysis to patients with C. auris colonization or infection, without transmission. (HealthDay News) — Adherence to standard dialysis infection ...

Researchers report that no hospital acquired infections occurred among healthcare workers at public hospitals in Hong Kong after the first 6 weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak — even though these ...

In 1989, Dr Narin Sehgal got a licence to open a five-bedded nursing home in Delhi’s Paschim Vihar – without having to establish any infection control protocols. “We had learnt about basic ...