Many home health agencies’ infection prevention and control procedures  lapsed following the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a May 28 message to health system CEOs, two national healthcare safety organizations compared cutting infection control jobs to “dismantling the fire department during wildfire season.” The ...

The CDC ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee on May 8, and healthcare associations and groups are decrying the decision. Each year, hospitals incur $28.4 billion to $45 ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has developed this document to provide infection prevention and control guidance to healthcare workers (HCWs) in the management of patients Footnote c with ...

Objective Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is a well-studied but hotly contested medical intervention of enhanced infection control. Here, we aim to characterise the changes to ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada has developed this document to provide infection prevention and control guidance to healthcare organizations and healthcare workersFootnote a for the management of ...

with hospitalisation for acute respiratory infection (ARI) among children. Methods A prospective, unmatched case–control study was conducted in two paediatric wards and five general practice clinics ...

The Draft Regulation relates to the following: the infection control standards that apply to relevant registered health practitioners the record keeping requirements that apply to medical ...

A case of Nipah virus has been confirmed in the Malappuram district of Kerala, according to state health officials, as a woman has been diagnosed with the zoonotic infection. According to officials, ...

The former competitive lumberjack and district attorney has dealt with a slew of aviation safety incidents in just a few months leading the DOT, and a struggling air traffic control system facing ...

THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns from health experts.

A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns from health experts. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory ...