Infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked safeguards are increasingly becoming weak links in patient safety — ...

Delayed treatments are a bit like landmines to facilities — they usually don’t go off, but when they do, their effects can be devastating. Delayed ...

The CDC offers a free, downloadable guideline for treatment of upper respiratory tract infections. The guideline, titled Adult Appropriate Antibiotic Use Summary, can be used in small group or ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Patients go to clinics and hospitals hoping to get better. But sometimes they end up getting sick because they pick up infections passed on by doctors and nurses who ...

Depending on how severe your infection is, MRSA wounds can take from a few days to several months to heal. MRSA infections can range from a minor skin infection to a much more serious systemic ...