An infection preventionists’ main job should be to “steer the [facility’s] ... COVID-19 was a major pivot toward infection control and prevention, according to Burdsall.

Citation: COVID-19 pandemic study shows adherence to infection precaution measures among health care personnel varies by job role (2023, December 7) retrieved 16 May 2025 from https ...

In a May 28 message to health system CEOs, two national healthcare safety organizations compared cutting infection control jobs to “dismantling the fire department during wildfire season ...

The MS in Infection Prevention & Control trains students to work as professionals in the field of infection prevention in public health. Learn more today. ... According to the Bureau of Labor ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive—and thrive—in human and ...

A deadly fungus spreading at an alarming rate in U.S. health facilities has exposed the broader problem of how patient safety is jeopardized by underfunded and understaffed infection-prevention ...

November 5, 2024. By Emily Gallagher. The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) and Office of Education, both within the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH), have ...

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) crafted national standards for hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients that most U.S. hospitals follow.

While the 2022 hand hygiene practice recommendations from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and Association for Professionals in Infection ...

C-POLAR Innovations hosted the highly anticipated Vancouver Summit, where the focus was on strengthening infection control and resilience through public and private partnerships.. Held at the ...