Environmental Sampling for Infection Control at Health Care Facilities. ... estimates that one in 31 hospital patients and one in 43 nursing home residents has an HAI on any given day.

Home health agencies’ infection control policies weakened following pandemic, study finds; Without support, seniors aging in place may elect facility-based care, study finds ...

Healthcare is a rapidly evolving industry with consistent changes coming down the pipeline regarding how we care for patients ...

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 ...

With infection being so prevalent in these communities, one would assume all necessary precautions are taken, but in reality 40% of nursing homes were cited for poor infection control practices ...

Clinical cases of Candida auris, an emerging fungus considered an urgent threat, nearly doubled in 2021, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It began spreading “at an alarming rate” in health care facilities in 2020 and 2021, according to the CDC. Cases resistant to the antifungal medicine echinocandins tripled in 2021.

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee issued guidance on the prevention and control of health care-associated infections. In a statement, HHS said HICPAC was terminated ...

This week, Canada acknowledges National Infection Control Week (NICW) ... From October 14 through 18, organizations like hospitals, long-term care facilities, ...

The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) has strongly criticized the Trump administration's decision to dissolve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthcare Infection Control ...

Training Long-Term Care Facility Staff in Infection Control and Emergency Preparedness in Pennsylvania. November 5, 2024 — The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication and Office of ...

Its abrupt removal strips health-care facilities of the expert playbook they need to stop minor infections from becoming deadly outbreaks," the association said in a statement.