Nurses have always played an important role in infection prevention and control (IPC). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that fact. Evidence demonstrates that IPC is most effective when all ...

A core aspect of Project Firstline — a national training collaborative for healthcare infection control led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — is content tailored specifically ...

Finally, a dental nurse textbook that focuses on the important topic of cross infection control rather than simply skimming the surface. Until the new version of the BDA advice sheet A12 Infection ...

Nurses working in ASCs wear many hats, but one of the most prominent is quality improvement, according to an article in American Nurse Today, the journal of the American Nurses Association. 1.

New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

'Now is not the time to remove protections from COVID-19,' NNU president says in a letter to the CDC. National Nurses United (NNU) is asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ...

Infection prevention and control is a high-priority item for ambulatory surgery centers, but it doesn’t need to be an expensive venture. Tina Piotrowski, clinical director at Northwest Michigan ...

VILSECK, Germany -- When it comes to infection prevention, Joey Scaletta, a nurse consultant for infection prevention and control for U.S. Army Medical Department Activity Bavaria, is passionate about ...

Whether they’re there for a few days after a hospital stay, or living there long term, people in nursing homes are especially vulnerable to infections. From bacteria that have evolved to resist most ...

Long before the novel coronavirus made its surprise appearance, the nation’s nursing homes were struggling to obey basic infection prevention protocols designed to halt the spread of viruses and ...

Long-term care facilities face a dual challenge: combating infections among vulnerable populations while curbing the overuse of antibiotics that drives resistance. Such facilities serve as crucial ...