According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every 20 hospitalized patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. The spread of these infections, however, can be ...

What is a Master of Science in Infection Prevention & Control? The Master of Science (MS) in Infection Prevention & Control degree trains students to work as professionals in the field of infection ...

Calculator provides individualized recommendations based on risk and complexity factors. (HealthDay News) — A novel calculator allows facilities to staff their infection prevention and control program ...

PointClickCare on Tuesday announced a new infection prevention and control solution designed to provide ongoing, centralized resident surveillance at the facility and enterprise level. Clinical teams, ...

The Infection Control and Prevention micro-credential covers the essential principles of infection prevention and control and their application in long-term care settings. Students earn a digital ...

A recent draft released by the World Health Organization explained the new global strategy to address the gaps in infection prevention and control (IPC) programs that became apparent after the ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Alabama Department of ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

Arlington, Va. — October 10, 2024 — Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to a new study published ...

Newly discovered iron storage 'ferrosomes' inside the bacterium C. diff -- the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections -- are important for infection in an animal model and could offer new ...

In this episode of The DrBicuspid.com Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Kevin Henry speaks with Michelle Lee, the executive director of the Association for Dental Safety (ADS), about the significant changes in ...