The first major update to long-term care infection prevention and control recommendations in 17 years offer providers a new ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in ...

National Infection Control Week is a chance to recognize the vital work being done every day to protect patients, staff, and ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common device-associated infection in hospitals. Both technical factors — appropriate catheter use, aseptic insertion, and proper maintenance — ...

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 ...

NDM-CRE belongs to a group of bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), which are resistant to some of the ...

South East Coast Ambulance Service's Infection Prevention Control (IPC) team won the Infection Prevention Society (IPS) Award for Excellence. The recognition came as a result of developing an IPC app ...

The workshop was organised as per the directives of National Programme on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delh ...

Nosocomial infections are infections that develop while a person is receiving medical attention. Examples include pneumonia, urinary tract infections (UTIs) and gastrointestinal (GI) infections. The ...