Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice ...

New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

Protecting residents staff ratings requires four actionable infection control steps to improve safety, compliance and operational performance in ...

In a recent review published in Science, researchers discussed the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in preventing outbreaks of infectious diseases and future pandemics. Study: Leveraging ...

Outbreak investigations of nosocomial infections are crucial due to the significant impact they can have on public health and ...

Norovirus is not a niche winter nuisance. It is one of the most contagious infections you are likely to encounter, and this ...

A Kilkenny nursing home had a scabies outbreak and a “strong smell of urine” on both days of a two-day HIQA inspection, it ...

A virus knows no borders, and an elusive virus is already far ahead of us. While sporadic disease outbreak is inevitable, action by state leaders and public health experts can determine if an outbreak ...

Tipperary University Hospital has taken the decision as the number of patients presenting with flu and respiratory symptoms ...

Suspected Nipah virus cases have been reported, prompting expert warnings about its high fatality and contagious nature.