A group of healthcare societies has issued updated infection control guidance for nursing homes, marking the guideline’s first update in 17 years. The guidance was published Oct. 28 in Infection ...

For the first time in 17 years, physicians and researchers have published updated guidance for infection prevention and ...

Hoping to improve infection control in hospitals, the nation’s top epidemiological societies joined Wednesday with the American Hospital Association and the Joint Commission, which accredits hospitals ...

Many of the nation’s most prominent infection-control groups on Wednesday released a new set of “consensus” guidelines to help curb the spread of six potentially fatal facility-acquired infections.

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

The CDC and medical associations have released several new guidelines on infection prevention and control this year. The updates come as hospitals nationwide work to address rising rates of heatlhcare ...

The Department of Health and Human Services this week released official guidelines for the reduction of six common hospital acquired infections (HAIs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...

Many infection preventionists report ultrasound probe disinfection with HLD machines is a key survey focus area for 2025. By adopting chlorine dioxide disinfection, hospitals can proactively address ...

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the United Kingdom offers free guidance on infection control, which has recently been updated since its last release in 2003. The clinical ...

With recent news of two Texas healthcare workers becoming infected with the Ebola virus after treating a patient from Liberia, Ebola virus disease (EVD) was a major topic of discussion at last week's ...