The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its third year, the need for infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions and guideline adherence remains urgent. To help nurses become better equipped, ...

Hospital infection control programs can help healthcare organizations monitor and improve practices, identify risks and proactively establish policies to prevent the spread of infections. Judith ...

Oregon hospitals have made strides in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs) but still fall short in meeting ...

Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to a new study published today in the American Journal of ...

Oregon hospitals have been making progress in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs), but they still fall short in ...

According to new data from the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon hospitals made gains in lowering the number of health care-associated infections among hospitalized patients and meeting some federal ...

A core aspect of Project Firstline — a national training collaborative for healthcare infection control led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — is content tailored specifically ...

During surges, the differences in case rates between in-center and home patients were more apparent than during non-surge weeks for all variant-dominated periods.