It is critical that your ASC not only train your staff members about your infection control program, but you must also test them to ensure they understand your policies and procedures, infection ...

This new CMS rule calls for a sweeping upgrade of infection control in nursing homes. When you think about the current challenges LTC facilities face, like high patient-staff ratios, high staff ...

A new federal report calls into question whether Medicare’s required hours for registered and licensed practical nurses in nursing homes are adequate in helping protect nursing home residents from ...

Bernard McDonnell, DO, a retired physician and current surveyor for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, identifies 20 questions ambulatory surgery centers need to ask themselves to help ...

A new study conducted by clinician-scientists at a dozen neonatal intensive care units, or NICUs, across North America found ...

Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to a new study published today in the American Journal of ...

Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control questions whether contact precaution protocols effectively decrease the risk of healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA. For their ...

During the week, I often talk with DrBicuspid.com Editor-in-Chief Kevin Henry about several topics. Of course, over the past few weeks, the focus has been on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every 20 hospitalized patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. The spread of these infections, however, can be ...

The benefit of skin-to-skin contact with family members for critically ill newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is well established. Long-standing concerns about the transmission of ...