AI guidance for clinicians aimed at reducing the spread of Clostridioides difficile—a bacteria that can be deadly for sick ...

Infection control researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a virtual reality (VR) tool to train clinicians on core ...

A video-based approach she helped develop could be used to assess hand hygiene practices, proper use of personal protective ...

Arlington, Va. — October 19, 2023 — A new report published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) demonstrates that implementing a dedicated team of nurses to assist with ...

But did you know that there’s a specific team dedicated to just that task? Stan Stuckey has seen a lot during the 20 years he’s spent working in the field of infection prevention. He began his ...

Although members of the infection control team are the responsible resource persons in the hospital system, each member of the health care team also has a responsibility to help prevent infection ...

Recent updates to federal guidance make this an ideal time for long term care facilities to reassess and strengthen their EBP ...

HaysMed is one of only a handful of hospitals in Kansas that recently earned a zero-percent rating for central ...

it flags the results for the hospital’s infection prevention team to find the commonality and stop the transmission. The scientists said results from the trial, reported in Clinical Infectious ...

Since 2016, Candida auris, a deadly fungal infection, has been on the rise and in recent months making itself known in some health care facilities across the South. The Centers for Disease Control ...