Nursing home providers struggled with implementing infection control plans last year, according to a review of surveyor data during 2020. The Joint Commission late last week identified the most ...

Surveillance is the most essential component of an infection prevention program, a nurse trainer said Tuesday. Long-term care facilities need both clinical and surveillance criteria, but surveillance ...

Federal regulators have cited nursing homes for basic infection control deficiencies more than any other violation since 2017, according to a report from Kaiser Health News. KHN analyzed inspection ...

New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

An Action News Investigation analyzed data to see which local facilities had a history of infection control problems. The American Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes, called COVID ...

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 ...

A group of healthcare societies has issued updated infection control guidance for nursing homes, marking the guideline’s first update in 17 years. The guidance was published Oct. 28 in Infection ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly 200 long-term care facilities in Ohio that were hit with fines for inadequate infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic also got federal incentive payments worth millions ...