Becker's ASC

Adapting Infection Control Standards for New Uses

In March, Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, part of OhioHealth, received a Best Practice Award from the Ohio Patient Safety Institute. The award recognized the hospital for its success ...
Becker's ASC

Guidance for Meeting Infection Control Standards: Q&A With Steve Corl of Mackinaw Surgery Center

Steve Corl, administrator at Mackinaw Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., explains how the surgery center selected an infection control officer and created greater infection control awareness to meet ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Hospitals are asking Leapfrog to lower hand hygiene standards — Here’s why it won’t

The leader of Leapfrog, as well as the head of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, discussed current hand hygiene protocols and compliance, and why hospitals may ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Infection control experts call for better nursing home care standards

One-third of COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic were associated with nursing homes, which is leading infection control experts to push for more oversight from Congress, according to a June 20 news ...
CNN

CDC advisers support masks in update to hospital infection guidelines, but critics say draft doesn’t go far enough

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 ...

Specialized Disinfection Services Support Health Clinics in Central Mississippi

Health clinics and urgent care centers in Central Mississippi are strengthening infection control through specialized ...
KVUE

Hundreds of Texas nursing homes violated infection control standards during COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of Texas nursing homes violated standards for controlling infectious diseases since the start of COVID-19 pandemic, according to records from the Texas Health and Human ...
EurekAlert!

Updated infection-control guidelines focus on patients, personnel in the cardiovascular cath lab

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has released an updated set of guidelines for infection control in cardiovascular catheterization laboratories. Release of these revised ...
MedPage Today

CDC Advisory Group Under Fire for Proposed Infection Control Guidelines

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...
ascopubs.org

Infection Prevention and Control Measures at the Children Hospital Lahore: A My Child Matters Collaborative Project

Chemoradiation in Stage IIIB Cancer of the Uterine Cervix: A Review of the Zimbabwean Experience Our work was a prospective before-and-after study to improve IPC standards. We compared the WHO Hand ...
Health Affairs

The Role Of Hospital Infection Control In Flattening The COVID-19 Curve: Lessons From South Korea

As public social distancing policies evolve to control the COVID-19 pandemic, the direct public health role of hospital infection control should also be considered. There is now emerging evidence ...
WKOW

CDC advisers support masks in update to hospital infection guidelines, but critics say draft doesn’t go far enough

(CNN) — 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 ...