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 ...

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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 ...

A core aspect of Project Firstline — a national training collaborative for healthcare infection control led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — is content tailored specifically ...

A new, multi-day course is being designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help nursing homes prepare for the infection preventionist requirement included in the revised final rules ...

Finally, a dental nurse textbook that focuses on the important topic of cross infection control rather than simply skimming the surface. Until the new version of the BDA advice sheet A12 Infection ...

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.

Changing nurses' perception of infection risk could improve compliance with infection control measures. It's often said that knowledge is power. But, a new study finds that when it comes to nurses' ...

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 ...

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 ...

As people are getting used to putting their lives on a lower gear, work inside Mater Dei Hospital is as busy as ever and medical front-liners show an impressive determination to stay the course.