A paper published in the American Journal of Infection Control describes efforts at a major children's hospital to assess and fulfill its staffing needs for infection prevention and control, ...

The majority of infection control practitioners do not trust their hospital’s laundering system, with 72 percent of ICPs reporting they would not wipe their drinking glass with a freshly laundered ...

With contagions becoming more prevalent in facilities, a strong prevention program can be the best defense. Martha Harris will not likely forget Christmas last year. While many people were unwrapping ...

New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

The chair of the infection control committee should have an ongoing interest in the prevention and control of infection. Members should represent microbiology, nursing, the OR, central supply, ...

After graduating from the Dornsife School of Public Health in 2018, Kevin Smith, Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology with a minor in Infectious Disease and Population Health, began working ...

The New Jersey Department of Health investigated Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital after the death of a premature baby and uncovered “major infection control deficiencies,” according to NJ.com.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract While society would benefit from a reduced incidence of nosocomial infections, there is currently no direct reimbursement to hospitals for the ...

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology provides original, peer-reviewed scientific articles for anyone involved with an infection control or epidemiology program in a hospital or healthcare ...

A team of infection control experts and epidemiologists from the state Department of Health will visit University Hospital in Newark and four pediatric long-term care facilities in November to conduct ...

Total, or hospital-wide, surveillance-collection of comprehensive data on all infections in the facility, with the aim of correcting problems as they arise. This is labor intensive. Surveillance by ...