In the final report of a three-part series published last year about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing homes, the Office of the Inspector General found “monumental and ongoing staffing ...

HealthDay News — In multisociety guidance published in the November issue of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, recommendations are presented for infection prevention and control (IPC) in the ...

For years, hospitals penny-pinching on infection control has been an open secret. Whether Covid-19 will puncture that pre-pandemic complacency is an open question. But it’s long past time for every ...

Healthcare providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, are coming under increased pressures to maintain a high level of infection prevention and control. In order to achieve this, ASCs must ...

The first major update to long-term care infection prevention and control recommendations in 17 years offer providers a new roadmap that acknowledges the increased medical needs of residents, the rise ...

Editor's note: Find Firehouse.com's complete coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic here. April 2, 2020 – As emergency response personnel on the front lines are exposed to lethal pathogens or test positive ...

An antistreptolysin O titer (ASO) is a blood test used to determine if you've had a recent infection caused by group A streptococcus bacteria. It's not used to diagnose a current strep infection, such ...

Patients undergoing surgery or other medical procedures should get tested for COVID-19 within three days of their procedure, regardless of their vaccination status, two anesthesiologist groups said in ...