Carol Hiatt, RN, LHRM, CASC, a licensed risk manager in Florida, AAAHC surveyor and consultant for Healthcare Consultants International, a subsidiary of AAAHC, shares 11 strategies to help surgery ...

Infection control is easy to view as an administrative burden, but going forward, the stricter standards for ASCs will be instrumental to providing quality patient care. According to Robert Chase, MD, ...

November 5, 2024 — The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication and Office of Education at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health have launched online micro-credentials in ...

In this podcast, Mary Cole, RN, MSN, CIC, CJCP, Nurse Consultant and Infection Prevention Specialist with Joint Commission Resources, will discuss tips for developing a successful infection prevention ...

About 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes across the country are likely not complying with federal regulations surrounding infection control staff, increasing health and safety risks for residents and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The scholarship aims to improve infection prevention at critical access hospitals. It will be part of a larger ...

Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice during nursing home flu and COVID outbreaks, according to a new study.

Infection preventionists are increasingly important — and increasingly challenged. Here’s a look at how and why.