A group of healthcare societies has issued updated infection control guidance for nursing homes, marking the guideline’s first update in 17 years. The guidance was published Oct. 28 in Infection ...

Aims Mandatory training in infection prevention and control consists of a mixed approach, with face-to-face, lecture-style presentations and e-learning methods. WHO (2019) suggested that any training ...

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National infection prevention experts, led by the CDC’s Health Research & Educational Trust, have developed a new curriculum focused on infection control. The training program is called STRIVE, for ...

MOKENA, ILL. — For the first time, ASSE International will offer the opportunity to become ASSE Certified during its 2017 annual meeting, held Nov. 7-10, 2017, at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in San ...

News that the CDC launched an infection control training program and a study that found fluoroquinolone use decreased after the FDA’s 2016 black box warning were among the top stories in infectious ...

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems outlined five roadblocks ASCs can face when providing effective infection control training on their blog. 1. Time. When ASCs are busy, it can be ...

Beth LaBouyer, RN, CNOR, executive director of California Ambulatory Surgery Association, and Debbie Mack, RN, CNOR, CASC, immediate past president of CASA and vice president of operations at ...