Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship in nursing homes go hand in hand. And yet, the two are often treated as ...

A new, multi-day course is being designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help nursing homes prepare for the infection preventionist requirement included in the revised final rules ...

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is now offering an infection prevention course for ASCs, according to a news release by AORN. The aim of the course is to guide ASCs in making sure ...

The CDC and the American Nurses Association jointly launched a nursing education network for infection control and prevention. The Nursing Infection Control Education Network consists of 20 specialty ...

Nurses have always played an important role in infection prevention and control (IPC). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that fact. Evidence demonstrates that IPC is most effective when all ...

All healthcare staff must do mandatory training in infection prevention and control. This article details an alternative approach to delivering training at one NHS acute trust during the Covid-19 ...

Every day Melanie DuBose begins her day by checking various databases used by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to see if any patients have been admitted with or developed any infections.

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 ...

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Amidst healthcare challenges, the infection control nurse (ICN) emerges as a pivotal figure, especially in countries like Pakistan. This article emphasizes the timely and imperative introduction of ...