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 ...

Health systems spend millions obtaining the latest technology to create state-of-the-art facilities and to build reputations for quality and innovation. But failing to maintain consistency in ...

Today, infection prevention impacts virtually every environment where people gather, work, eat, learn, travel, or receive ...

Multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections pose significant challenges in intensive care settings. This prospective study aimed to evaluate the impact of a Specific, Measurable, Achievable, ...

In the realm of frontline healthcare, where the well-being of both patients and healthcare workers hangs in the balance, there is a heightened vulnerability of healthcare workers (HCWs) to ...

Some evidence shows hospital infection preventionists may be able to spend less time monitoring hand hygiene, according to a study published Dec. 19 in the American Journal of Infection Control.

The majority of germs that cause serious infections in humans are transmitted by people’s actions. One of the effective means to prevent these infections is by practicing good hand hygiene. Several ...

A new study examined some 16,000 households based the U.K. during the winter influenza season and correlate hand washing rates with incidences of viral infection. The survey found that across all ...

CIP, wanted to be clear: AI will augment, not replace, human expertise in the fight against health care-associated infections ...

Healthcare-related infections (HAIs) pose a challenge within healthcare systems that face the weight of longer hospital stays and increasing financial expenditures, while Healthcare Workers (HCWs) ...

WEXFORD General Hospital has said that a ' targeted action plan' is in place to tackle deficiencies in hand hygiene highlighted last week. The hospital was responding to the latest figures from the ...