Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice ...

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

Protecting residents staff ratings requires four actionable infection control steps to improve safety, compliance and operational performance in ...

There is a direct correlation between how well an infection prevention program is staffed and a facility’s rate of infection. Your reaction might be “duh,” but the scientific proof was elusive — until ...

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 ...