Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology recently published new guidance for infection prevention and control in nursing homes.

The majority of infection control practitioners do not trust their hospital’s laundering system, with 72 percent of ICPs reporting they would not wipe their drinking glass with a freshly laundered ...

After graduating from the Dornsife School of Public Health in 2018, Kevin Smith, Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology with a minor in Infectious Disease and Population Health, began working ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract While society would benefit from a reduced incidence of nosocomial infections, there is currently no direct reimbursement to hospitals for the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical need for educational programs that train and support future infection preventionists. Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health was prepared for this ...

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology provides original, peer-reviewed scientific articles for anyone involved with an infection control or epidemiology program in a hospital or healthcare ...

Something was amiss last fall at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. On Nov. 27, one patient had a wound infection in her groin after an operation. Another patient, who was in the ...

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 ...

Patient safety is the primary objective of infection prevention but infection preventionists in a Syracuse healthcare system demonstrate how to make the business case for investing in protocols that ...

Hospitals need to get on the same page when it comes to checking for bloodstream infections among patients seeing as current methods of surveillance vary from facility to facility, according to a ...