CMS sent a memo to state survey agency directors urging them to double down on compliance with basic infection control practices. The memo includes information and links to resources to combat the ...
New technologies tend to dominate headlines in modern medicine, but infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked ...
Five basic approaches can help ambulatory surgical facilities implement infection control best practices, according to expertise from Chuck Peck, MD, managing director of Navigant Consulting and ...
New technologies tend to dominate headlines in modern medicine, but infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Symptoms of Candida auris can be nonspecific, making diagnosis a challenge. It is most common in long-term ...
While holidays are normally a time of gathering, it’s best to limit holiday celebrations to those who live together and spend the day with the people in your household. Wear a mask Wearing a mask that ...
TOKYO (THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The number of new infections nationwide doubled in a week to more than 47,000 on July 7. Cases have increased rapidly in such prefectures as Kumamoto and ...
When the new coronavirus started sweeping across Ohio in March, state officials immediately set protective restrictions to limit visitors to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The goal was ...
“During this pandemic, everyone you see could possibly have Covid-19,” says Susan Puckett, a physician assistant at Boulder Medical Center in Boulder, Colorado. “Every patient I see, I should be ...
Basic infection control measures were not in place in two nursing homes hit by deadly Covid-19 outbreaks, Hiqa has revealed. The health watchdog also discovered a third home had no “robust management ...
Five basic approaches can help ambulatory surgical facilities implement infection control best practices, according to expertise from Chuck Peck, MD, managing director of Navigant Consulting and ...