[AP Photo/Angie Wang] A full draft of the proposed guidelines has not been made available to the public. An introduction to the overhaul of the infection control standards can be most clearly seen ...

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 ...

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 ...

Accrediting bodies like The Joint Commission also turn to HICPAC guidelines when developing infection control standards for hospitals. If CDC recommends specific isolation precautions, surveyors ...

The guidelines, which had not been updated ... any public access to the process for drafting CDC guidance on infection control for health care settings. This further undermines safety for patients ...

to create infection control guidelines, including those for hand washing, mask use and isolating sick patients, NBC News reported. The CDC shared a letter with members after a virtual meeting last ...

Under the JCAHO guidelines, [6] education of patients and their families should become a part of teaching plans, as well. Infection control policies are constantly being evaluated and remodeled ...

The first comprehensive guidelines dedicated to minimizing infections in patients undergoing surgeries and procedures involving regional anesthesia and acute and chronic interventional pain ...

It shared guidelines on disinfection and sterilization, environmental infection control and hand hygiene in health care settings, among other areas of concern. One fellow at the Infectious ...

The Government’s Covid-19 UK-wide infection control guidelines for protecting patients and NHS staff are “flawed and need replacing”, a new report claims. A Royal College of Nursing ...

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group that shaped infection control in hospitals was shut down Experts say the committee’s closure could prevent infection guidelines ...