As one of 64 organizations partnering with the CDC to create innovative and engaging infection prevention and control (IPC) education materials, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has developed ...

Nurses have always played an important role in infection prevention and control (IPC). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that fact. Evidence demonstrates that IPC is most effective when all ...

The study, presented in June at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology , showed participating LTC nurses received a mean test score ...

While the factors discussed above cause practical difficulties in maintaining infection control standards, the author of a recent letter in Nursing Times believes that staff - particularly nurses - ...

Researchers surveyed 359 home healthcare nurses in the U.S, and evaluated their knowledge of best practices in relation to their compliance with infection control measures.

According to Telhiard, there have been several positive outcomes following the implementation of the sepsis protocol and the IntelliSep tool. Length of stay has decreased, along with revisits, and the ...

In the practice of infection control, the gradual shift from a nurse-centric to a multidisciplinary specialty means the traditional role of the infection control nurse won't be feasible in the ...

A nurse by training, DuBose is part of a team of nine individuals that work to control the spread of infection in the hospital as well as providing information to colleagues, patients and families.

A study of U.S. home healthcare nurses, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, found attitudes and organizational policies are more likely to improve infection control compliance than ...

Baltimore’s University of Maryland Medical Center surgical intensive care unit sustained a rate of zero central line-associated bloodstream infections for a 25-week period, mainly due to the ...

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.

Dr Edgeworth believes this has to be the focus of their education in microbiology. ‘Nurses need to be aware of the key things that cause the spread of infection,’ he says. ‘For example, if a patient ...