A national action plan to improve health literacy, unveiled in late May by HHS, identifies one potential solution: the so-called universal precautions approach used by infectious disease ...

To adopt universal precautions, health professionals should use the clearest language possible with everyone, regardless of their perceived health literacy skills.

A study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology examined the impact of universal contact precautions on multidrug-resistant organism rates in intensive care units. They examined ...

Universal masking and admission testing were phased out in May 2023 ... During the pre-omicron phase with universal precautions, the mean weekly ratio of hospital-onset to community-onset ...

AAAASF Interim COO Thomas Terranova spoke with Becker’s ASC Review about the organization’s second most cited deficiency which relates to Universal Precautions ... Typically, this can be proven out by ...

The pathogens include, but are not limited to: Hepatitis Viruses and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Universal precautions must be observed to prevent contact with blood or other potentially ...