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 ...

BSM Senior Consultant Crissy Benze, MSN, RN, shared four commonly overlooked infection control policies and procedures with The Joint Commission. Here’s what clinical directors and infection control ...

As a whole, Oregon hospitals failed in 2024 to meet national standards for preventing infections related to certain surgeries and other health care procedures, the Oregon Health Authority reported.

The leader of Leapfrog, as well as the head of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, discussed current hand hygiene protocols and compliance, and why hospitals may ...

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 ...

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...

A lack of infection control policies for home healthcare programs puts patients and caregivers at risk, according to a Case Western Reserve University news release. Irena Kenneley, assistant professor ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has released an updated set of guidelines for infection control in cardiovascular catheterization laboratories. Release of these revised ...

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 ...

Chemoradiation in Stage IIIB Cancer of the Uterine Cervix: A Review of the Zimbabwean Experience Our work was a prospective before-and-after study to improve IPC standards. We compared the WHO Hand ...

The field of dental practice has witnessed substantial advances in infection control measures over recent decades. Rigorous protocols are essential to prevent cross-contamination and the transmission ...

Workers from a Servpro disaster recovery team enter the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., to begin cleaning and disinfecting the facility on March 11. (Ted S. Warren/AP) Nursing homes operated by ...