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

The department added that during its investigation, its team suspected that the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner involved had not “strictly followed infection control procedures”.

But it issued a letter to all Chinese medicine practitioners reminding them to pay attention to infection control measures. Chan Wing-kwong, chairman of the Hong Kong Registered Chinese Medicine ...

“During the investigation, the team suspected that the Chinese medicine practitioner had not strictly followed infection control procedures when performing acupuncture,” a CHP spokesman said. After ...

The reshaping of hospitals because of cost constraints will have an effect on the work of infection control practitioners. Already, some institutions have regrouped responsibilities and changed ...

virus infection has been identified among bovine veterinary practitioners, according to research published in the February 13 issue of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity ...

Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... with dairy cattle. The practitioners were tested for bird flu antibodies that would indicate past infection and asked about ...

There should be collaboration between the physician or nurse and the infection control practitioner to establish the presence of an SSI. The practitioner should complete the surveillance with a ...

Over 1,000 health practitioners ... and key stakeholders concerned with infection prevention and control also attended the event. The conference included presentations, panel discussions, and ...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has concluded the Qatar Infection Prevention and Control Week scientific conference, which was recently held as part of the event’s activities under the theme ...

It contains standard infection control precautions (SICPs ... The membership of the NIPCM consensus group is intended to reflect IPC practitioners at the front line across a range of services (acute, ...