An international study has, for the first time, revealed a strong and direct link between the rise of antibiotic-resistant ...

As the summer season is approaching, NewsCenter 5 spoke to Dr. Kristen Moffitt, an infectious disease specialist at Boston Children's Hospital, asking her about important steps parents can take to ...

Read more about it here. Inspectors cited Hyde Park Health Center for infection control issues between mid-July and the end of October, one of 12 local nursing homes where they say staff failed ...

However, preventing basic infections was already a struggle for nursing homes statewide and across America. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are 1 million to 3 ...

Find out more about the winner and shortlisted entries in the Infection Prevention and Control category at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards. The winners of the 2024 Nursing Times Awards were announced at ...

About 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes across the country are likely not complying with federal regulations surrounding infection control staff, increasing health and safety risks for residents and ...

Many for-profit nursing homes may not be following federal rules requiring infection control workers, according to a government audit. The nursing home industry says a staffing shortage makes it ...

was one of many nursing homes hit hard during the pandemic, prompting a statewide audit on infection control data. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union) Demonstrators gather beside a presentation depicting ...

Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes ... showed that infection-control procedures were still sorely lacking at many facilities.

Our findings suggest that the prevention of serious infection in nursing homes can be facilitated with a relatively simple intervention with a low number needed to treat. A data sharing statement ...

Government reports have illuminated the ‘astounding’ lack of attention to infection prevention. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has sent a letter to ...

Notably, health surveyors did not note deficiencies in infection control in 54% of the nursing homes that reported extremely high infection rates. Just 17% of the facilities with the high ...