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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Arlington, Va. — October 10, 2024 — Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to a new study ...

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 ...