Disinfectants are used extensively for surface cleaning, floor cleaning, and equipment cleaning in critical care units and ...

Doral, Fla.-based Jackson West Medical Center opened in August 2021 with a road map for preventing hospital acquired infections that is now being scaled across the system. “From the very beginning, we ...

Historically, the “worker bees” in hospitals have also played a big role in infection control. Hospital medical supplies for patients – many of which are now disposable and safer – were ...

Dublin, Feb. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Dental Infections Control Market: A Global and Regional Analysis, 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global ...

Historically, the “worker bees” in hospitals have also played a big role in infection control. Hospital medical supplies for patients – many of which are now disposable and safer – were ...

Source Reference: Popovich KJ, et al "SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection in acute-care hospitals ...

This year, 19% of hospitals improved in all three infection measures compared to 2022, while 66% improved on at least one. Sixteen percent of facilities continued to get worse or didn’t improve.

Dental patients can be at risk of contracting nontuberculous mycobacteria or other infections from dental waterlines that have a high amount of bacteria in their water supple, the CDC warns.

The average risk of hospital-acquired MRSA and bloodstream infections both reached a five-year high during the pandemic, and they remain elevated. Research suggests COVID-19 patients are more ...

A health care-acquired or “associated” infection is one that wasn’t present when a patient was admitted to the hospital, but developed due to poor infection control. Leapfrog calculates its ...

Infection control is a constant battle – but the down-and-dirty days are over. Mark Ryan In the mid-1970s, he worked as an autoclaver on the 3-to-11 shift in the Central Supply Department at ...