Beverly Robins RN, BSN, MBA, is director of accreditation services for the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. Ms. Robins joined HFAP in October. She most recently served as director of ...

Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice ...

Here are 17 key administrative recommendations for the prevention of bloodborne pathogen transmission, outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1. Incorporate preventing ...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), in collaboration with healthcare institutions across Qatar, recently organised a wide range of important activities and events as part of Qatar Infection ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every 20 hospitalized patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. The spread of these infections, however, can be ...

After nearly a year in lockdown, nursing home residents can participate in indoor visitation, communal dining and group activities — with exceptions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Training for oral healthcare providers may not adequately prepare them to engage, let alone supervise, dental unit waterline (DUWL) infection control, according to research published in the Journal of ...

Kingston, ON – Infection prevention and control resources and programming in Canadian long-term care facilities fall short of recommended standards, a new Queen's University study shows. Led by ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly 200 long-term care facilities in Ohio that were hit with fines for inadequate infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic also got federal incentive payments worth millions ...