Nurses at the bedside play a key role in prevention of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile in patients, a new study has found. Hospitals that scored higher on the Practice Environment Scale of the ...

Hospitals with the highest work-environment scores were less likely to have above-average Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) rates. Health care organizations have tried a wide range of ...

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 continues to top the list of survey deficiencies for long-term care facilities with overall safety environment running a close second. Newly released data pinpoints areas where most ...

Many of nursing homes’ infection prevention and control weaknesses initially exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic still demand additional support and resources, researchers warn in a new JAMDA study. The ...

Beyond caregiving, nursing homes rely on rigorous systems for medication management, infection control, clinical care and ...

Surgery centers are placing a greater emphasis on infection prevention as the healthcare industry turns an eye to quality measures and their future ties to reimbursement. Jean Day, RN, CNOR, director ...

The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) team at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been named a finalist in the ...