It is critical that your ASC not only train your staff members about your infection control program, but you must also test them to ensure they understand your policies and procedures, infection ...

This new CMS rule calls for a sweeping upgrade of infection control in nursing homes. When you think about the current challenges LTC facilities face, like high patient-staff ratios, high staff ...

During the week, I often talk with DrBicuspid.com Editor-in-Chief Kevin Henry about several topics. Of course, over the past few weeks, the focus has been on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is ...

Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control questions whether contact precaution protocols effectively decrease the risk of healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA. For their ...

Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to a new study published today in the American Journal of ...

The benefit of skin-to-skin contact with family members for critically ill newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is well established. Long-standing concerns about the transmission of ...

For years, hospitals penny-pinching on infection control has been an open secret. Whether Covid-19 will puncture that pre-pandemic complacency is an open question. But it’s long past time for every ...