Infection is a significant problem for many long-term care facilities. Exposure to pathogens such as C. diff., MRSA, influenza and others can be life-threatening for seniors whose immune systems may ...

Previously, environmentally transmitted diseases have not always been clearly recognized as the serious threat to patient safety that we appreciate today. Emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms ...

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 ...

Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging, often drug-resistant yeast that can cause invasive infections with high mortality, can spread quickly. It can persist on environmental surfaces for weeks and has ...

Despite their best efforts, infection and prevention leaders can struggle to keep facilities, especially in ASCs, due to limited resources available to implement a standardized environmental cleaning ...

The Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician (CHEST) certification reflects HMC’s ongoing commitment to the ...

Focused infection control surveys are no longer part of the standard survey process, federal officials announced in a memo to state directors Wednesday. Any COVID-19 or infection control concerns ...

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "European Infection Control Market by Product (Sterilization Equipment (Hydrogen Peroxide, Ethylene) Indicators), Service (ETO, Gamma ...