In 2024, the rate of six healthcare-associated infections commonly reported in acute care hospitals declined from the year ...

Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired while at a health care facility and are not present at the time of admission. Nosocomial infections are many times also called hospital acquired ...

Missouri officials said the state first identified a locally acquired Candida aurisinfection in October 2023.

During the pandemic, rates of Staphylococcus aureus did not decrease (aRR 1.17, 95% CI 0.89-1.55), and rates of bloodstream ...

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...

Ultrasound is a versatile medical technology used in almost every healthcare department across a spectrum of specialties and procedures. Infection preventionists (IPs) and quality and risk managers ...

Even as the pandemic fades further into the past, other concerns constantly threaten the skilled nursing sector, leading long-term care experts to call for stronger leadership in infection prevention ...

Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...

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 ...

While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory ...

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