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 ...

TAMPA, fla., June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tampa General Hospital announced today that its Infection Prevention Team received the 2021 Heroes in Infection Prevention Award in the Infection ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

"We have a team of people including ambulatory staff, people from occupational medicine, people from pharmacy, and people from infection control, and we huddle every Thursday for about 15 minutes ...

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 ...

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The team was tasked with confirming compliance with a clinical checklist, observing and enabling infection-prevention techniques, and ensuring the availability of needed supplies for the procedure.