The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released the Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. Melissa Schaefer, MD, medical officer in ...
Nursing homes with 100 or more residents, or that provide some specialty services, should have at least one infection preventionist on-site to manage COVID-19 care, according to federal ...
(CNN) — 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 ...
The Health and Human Services Department is proposing new initiatives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
The course, and associated promotional materials, reviews key concepts of hand hygiene and other standard precautions to prevent healthcare-associated infections. Topics addressed include: What are ...
Frieden is president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. He is the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Trump administration reportedly plans to eliminate two essential ...