Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice during nursing home flu and COVID outbreaks, according to a new study.

Oregon hospitals have been making progress in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs), but they still fall short in ...

1. Breaking through the biggest roadblocks can reap the greatest rewards can reap the greatest rewards. “Giving staff products that are hard to mix, that require cleaning first with one product then ...

Healthcare providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, are coming under increased pressures to maintain a high level of infection prevention and control. In order to achieve this, ASCs must ...

As COVID-19 testing becomes less routine, official case numbers can make outbreaks look smaller than they really are. A ...

A group of healthcare societies has issued updated infection control guidance for nursing homes, marking the guideline’s first update in 17 years. The guidance was published Oct. 28 in Infection ...

Oregon hospitals recorded nearly 1,000 infections that patients picked up while receiving care in 2024, resulting in infection levels that missed most national safety standards, according to a new ...

Lucknow: A modern barrier laundry plant was inaugurated at KGMU on Thursday, marking a step towards improving infection ...

Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...

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 ...

A recent graduate of the Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH) at Drexel University, Ashley Diamond, Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology and minor in Infection Control ’23, is now working ...