Are dental healthcare personnel (DHCP) properly using personal protective equipment (PPE)? Researchers used a fluorescent marker to illustrate pathogen transmission and assessed PPE donning and ...

Hospitals are placing more emphasis on reducing healthcare-associated infections amid the emerging threat of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and growing financial penalties from government payers for ...

A California skilled nursing facility launched its compliance with hand hygiene and other infection prevention practices to near perfect levels thanks to continuous audits and training from its ...

At the request of the CDC, two experienced Emory University Hospital nurses from their Serious Communicable Disease Unit have traveled to Dallas and spoke to healthcare workers today at Texas Health ...

Protecting health care workers begins with spatial separation. This is the concept of a cordon sanitaire – restrictions to movement in space – one of the oldest ideas in public health – is premised on ...

Despite current recommendations, many training courses for Ebola virus disease personal protective equipment have yet to be evaluated, according to the American Journal of Infection Control. That said ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – Infectious diseases, by their very definition, present risk of illness to anyone within the vicinity of a pathogen – a contagious agent.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A pandemic-themed escape room increased staff adherence to infection prevention and control measures in a Texas ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, May 23, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Infection Shield Consulting, a pioneer in the field of infection prevention and control consultancy across ...