Every day Melanie DuBose begins her day by checking various databases used by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to see if any patients have been admitted with or developed any infections.

The CDC and the American Nurses Association jointly launched a nursing education network for infection control and prevention. The Nursing Infection Control Education Network consists of 20 specialty ...

Nurses have always played an important role in infection prevention and control (IPC). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that fact. Evidence demonstrates that IPC is most effective when all ...

All healthcare staff must do mandatory training in infection prevention and control. This article details an alternative approach to delivering training at one NHS acute trust during the Covid-19 ...

2019 NOV 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Arlington, Va., Nearly half of all nursing homes do not have adequately trained infection prevention staff and ...

At the request of the CDC, two experienced Emory University Hospital nurses from their Serious Communicable Disease Unit have traveled to Dallas and spoke to healthcare workers today at Texas Health ...

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 ...

Washington, DC, March 9, 2012 -- Hospitals whose infection prevention and control programs are led by a director who is board certified in infection prevention and control have significantly lower ...

When it comes to skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes, nurses are some of the key providers that provide daily care to residents. These nurses are expected to adhere to strict infection ...

Two members of the Health Department of Northwest Michigan's oral health team have earned national certification in dental infection prevention and control. Dawn Marie Strehl, the department's ...

Amidst healthcare challenges, the infection control nurse (ICN) emerges as a pivotal figure, especially in countries like Pakistan. This article emphasizes the timely and imperative introduction of ...