A question that is often asked is when environmental sampling should be performed as part of an infection-control program and what types of samples should be used. The CDC does not recommend ...

Infec Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008;29(11):1035-1041. CDC Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Healthcare Facili­ties. MMWR. June 6, 2003/52,9. Dettenkofer M, Spencer RC. “Importance of ...

Infection control is an important part of the culture in all hospitals, and environmental cleaning and disinfection is a key component of a comprehensive plan. ... Environmental role of infection.

Infection control, staffing concerns lead to defiant nonprofit’s $3.6M False Claims settlement This polypharmacy initiative moved one-third of nursing home residents away from dangerous threshold ...

The ASC Quality Collaboration offers a free BASIC Environmental Infection Prevention Toolkit designed to help surgery centers maintain a safe environment for patients and healthcare workers. The BASIC ...

The study concluded that the dusty ward environment was an important source of MRSA during the outbreak and that standard infection control precautions alone were insufficient to end the outbreak.

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an interim guidance for environmental infection control in hospitals related to the Ebola virus. In early October, the CDC released ...

In his series on hospital infections, Michael Berens suggests that hospitals are careless about infection control, that preventing infections is simple, that hospitals are the sole source of ...

Environmental Sampling for Infection Control at Health Care Facilities. An environmental sampling program can be a valuable tool in reducing risk. By ; Sep 01, 2022; Nosocomial infections are ...