Originally created for hospitals, the World Health Organization’s Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) has been adapted to assess infection prevention and control (IPC) ...

For years, hospitals penny-pinching on infection control has been an open secret. Whether Covid-19 will puncture that pre-pandemic complacency is an open question. But it’s long past time for every ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

Infection control and prevention is especially difficult for orthopedic surgeons because they are often implanting artificial devices into the patient. “If patients develop an infection, it could mean ...

“During this seminar, we talk about the essential components of an infection control program. The topics include the cleaning/sterilization process, pharmaceutical and medical waste management, ...

Two months into Phase 3 of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ latest Medicare rules of participation provisions, nursing homes are well-versed in stricter infection control rules around ...

While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory ...

Infectious Disease is the study of human and animal diseases caused by microorganisms. Students studying infectious disease at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health take courses in areas ...

During the week, I often talk with DrBicuspid.com Editor-in-Chief Kevin Henry about several topics. Of course, over the past few weeks, the focus has been on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is ...