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 ...

Originally created for hospitals, the World Health Organization’s Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) has been adapted to assess infection prevention and control (IPC) ...

A core aspect of Project Firstline — a national training collaborative for healthcare infection control led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — is content tailored specifically ...

Finally, a dental nurse textbook that focuses on the important topic of cross infection control rather than simply skimming the surface. Until the new version of the BDA advice sheet A12 Infection ...

'Now is not the time to remove protections from COVID-19,' NNU president says in a letter to the CDC. National Nurses United (NNU) is asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ...

ASCs are experiencing increased pressure to demonstrate low incidence of infection and compliance to infection prevention rules and regulations. Louise Dechesser, a surveyor for the Accreditation ...

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are microorganisms that have developed resistance to one or more classes of antimicrobial agents. Numerous studies have indicated a rising trend in the prevalence ...

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 ...

Infection prevention and control is a high-priority item for ambulatory surgery centers, but it doesn’t need to be an expensive venture. Tina Piotrowski, clinical director at Northwest Michigan ...