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 ...

Maritime medical and public health specialist Vikand Solutions has launched an online infection control officer training course for the cruise and commercial shipping industries. The course equips ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) and Office of Education, both within the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH), have collaborated to develop and launch ...

Staff training and consistency can help ASCs improve their infection control efforts over time, according to ASC software developer Simplify ASC. 1. Streamlining processes. With more procedures ...

Infection control researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a virtual reality (VR) tool to train clinicians on core concepts in infection control, including cleaning and disinfecting portable ...

Editor's Note: This article was written before the Ebola Virus hit the U.S. Find the latest on Ebola on the WHO website and CDC website. Fire departments are in the business of risk management. Risk ...

Infection prevention has always been central to healthcare, but today it’s expanding beyond hand hygiene and PPE to include ...

Public health officials reported at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual conference that long-term care facilities in Tennessee and Washington state continue ...