Hospital infection control programs can help healthcare organizations monitor and improve practices, identify risks and proactively establish policies to prevent the spread of infections. Judith ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People are no longer asked to cover their mouth for a cough or sneeze. That was the old recommendation. The revised cough/sneeze ...

While infection prevention is top of mind for hospitals, and the fact that the hospital industry has been battling microbes forever is well-known in healthcare, the global Ebola epidemic has thrust ...

Some rooms have been sealed off on ward for adult bone marrow transplant patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Rabih Darouiche, MD, director of the center for prostheses infection at Baylor College of Medicine and founder of the Multidisciplinary Alliance Against Device-Related Infections, discusses tactics to ...

Each year, more than two million people contract a hospital-acquired infection (HAI) that can also be antibiotic-resistant. In 2013, these infections resulted in at least 23,000 deaths (CDC). In fact, ...

Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from a patient safety watchdog group. It's key ...

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...

Recent 11-day closure of endoscopy department confirmed by hospital and OHA officials; free patient testing offered Providence Medford Medical Center and Oregon Health Authority officials this week ...

People are no longer asked to cover their mouth for a cough or sneeze. That was the old recommendation. The revised cough/sneeze guideline is to aim into the elbow. Germs are less likely to spread ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, ...