Doral, Fla.-based Jackson West Medical Center opened in August 2021 with a road map for preventing hospital acquired infections that is now being scaled across the system. “From the very beginning, we ...

According to Telhiard, there have been several positive outcomes following the implementation of the sepsis protocol and the IntelliSep tool. Length of stay has decreased, along with revisits, and the ...

The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...

Neti pots and similar sinus rinsing tools are a staple in many households, but in rare cases these devices can be deadly when ...

Advocates say understaffing at the Kansas agency that regulates adult care homes puts elderly and disabled residents at risk ...

Allegheny Health Network (AHN) has announced the appointment of Dr. Jill M. Muir, DNP, MS, RN, CCM, NE-BC, as the new Chief ...

With revolutionary sanitization technology, AseptiScope dramatically reduces hospital-acquired infections, paving the way for safer, healthier patient care ...

The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) has strongly criticized the Trump administration's decision to dissolve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthcare Infection Control ...

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 ...

HICPAC, which advises the CDC and HHS on infection control practices, has faced an outcry from some healthcare workers and occupational health experts since the beginning of its guideline revision ...

The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Barnwell, shown in June 2021 in Valatie, was one of many nursing homes hit hard during the pandemic, prompting a statewide audit on infection control data.