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 ...

Researchers surveyed 359 home healthcare nurses in the U.S, and evaluated their knowledge of best practices in relation to their compliance with infection control measures.

Two nurse leaders have been invited to join the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, National Nurses United said. Jane Thomason, NNU’s lead industrial hygienist ...

Many of nursing homes’ infection prevention and control weaknesses initially exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic still demand additional support and resources, researchers warn in a new JAMDA study.

The Isabella Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in New York, shown in May 2020, was one of many nursing homes hit hard during the pandemic, prompting a statewide audit on infection control data ...

Infection Control Nurses can actively advocate and participate in campaigns to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases. In Pakistan, healthcare providers exhibit suboptimal adherence to proper hand ...

Federal regulators have quietly put in place new, stricter enforcement measures for nursing homes that struggle to meet infection control and vaccine immunization requirements for residents and staff.

Healthcare is a rapidly evolving industry with consistent changes coming down the pipeline regarding how we care for patients and what we treat. Because nurses are at the forefront with patients, they ...

These nurses are expected to adhere to strict infection control practices in order to ensure that infection spread and disease is kept to a minimum, and yet nursing facilities often have very high ...

Inspectors cited Burlington House Rehab and Alzheimer’s Center for infection control issues between mid-July and the end of October, one of 12 local nursing homes where they say staff failed to ...