Changing nurses' perception of infection risk could improve compliance with infection control measures. It's often said that knowledge is power. But, a new study finds that when it comes to nurses' ...

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

The Quiet Cost of Short Staffing Across the country, nursing homes are still struggling to fill open positions that have remained vacant for years. Too few aides and nurses lead to slower response ...

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

Many of nursing homes’ infection prevention and control weaknesses initially exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic still demand additional support and resources, researchers warn in a new JAMDA study. The ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

Nurses are calling on the CDC to strengthen its infection control guidance for hospitals, which has not seen revisions for 16 years, because of concerns the agency might state surgical masks are equal ...

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 ...

VILSECK, Germany -- When it comes to infection prevention, Joey Scaletta, a nurse consultant for infection prevention and control for U.S. Army Medical Department Activity Bavaria, is passionate about ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content.-- New research underscores GP PRO's commitment to supporting healthcare infection prevention goal ...

Editor's note: After this story was published on the web May 5, Gov. Phil Murphy called out the National Guard to aid the hardest-hit nursing homes. Eight out of every 10 New Jersey nursing homes with ...

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 ...