More recently, we’ve witnessed that proof during a staff-initiated COVID-19 outbreak, as described in a manuscript in the American Journal of Infection Control. The setting for this outbreak ...

In a May 28 message to health system CEOs, two national healthcare safety organizations compared cutting infection control jobs to “dismantling the fire department during wildfire season.” The ...

These are just a few examples. Over the last three decades ... Hospitals are required to have antibiotic stewardship programs and infection control policies consistent with CDC/HICPAC guidance ...

Members of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) voted Friday to defend what some have called weak standards of infection control for healthcare settings ...

Several committee members of the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have received termination notices, MedPage Today reported April 29. 1. HICPAC develops guidance ...