Employees at a North Carolina hospital were five times more likely to report infection prevention issues if they faced a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 compared to their co-workers, according to ...

CMS will increase payments to hospitals for treating homeless patients and implementing equitable quality measures aimed at reducing preventable harm, the agency said Aug. 1. HCAHPS measures assessing ...

Infection rates published by the Washington State Hospital Association suggest some hospitals, such as Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., continue to struggle with infection prevention, ...

A deadly fungal infection is spreading at "an alarming rate" inside health facilities and long-term-care hospitals across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.

A study of COVID-19 transmission in geriatric acute care wards found healthcare workers in wards with outbreaks of the virus were more likely to transmit new infections than those working in COVID-19 ...

Rates of infection in hospitals dropped in 2023, according to an annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which measures national and state infection rates across ...

Overall, the latest report — the first to show hospital performance post-pandemic, according to Leapfrog — found 30% of hospitals attained an A grade, 24% scored a B, 39% earned a C, 7% received a D ...

On the 12th, the Public Medical Headquarters of Naeun Hospital, a regional medical institution in the northwestern part of ...

MRSA is often acquired in hospitals, especially among high risk groups such as people in intensive care units (ICUs). Although infection control has improved, MRSA remains a serious problem if not ...