An alarming 5 percent of all hospital stays result in readmissions due to infections that patients acquire in the health care facility. These infections, which are widely seen as preventable and often ...

In a time when modern, up-to-date facilities can be a big selling point for hospitals seeking more patients, construction and maintenance projects have become the norm in hospitals across the country ...

2015 was a critical year for infection prevention, with several “pivotal moments” shaking the industry and further emphasizing the need for integration into organizations’ quality assurance ...

At the 21st Annual Becker’s ASC Conference in Chicago on Oct. 24, Marcia Patrick, RN, surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, discussed how to ensure infection control ...

TORONTO, July 10, 2020 /CNW/ - The COVID-19 pandemic presents a long-overdue opportunity for an assessment of the need to renovate outdated long-term care (LTC) facilities across the province, and ...

While ASCs continually have much lower infection rates than hospitals, there are still some common lapses, especially in hand hygiene, safe injection practices and environmental cleaning. “We are ...

Tyler Kemp, of Eveleth, puts plastic over a window as Porcha Shadd, left, and Nick Gant tape up a larger sheet as carpenters get training on the Infection Control Risk Assessment practices at the ...

Each year, about 5,000 Americans die because of infections contracted from construction, renovation and maintenance activities in a hospital — despite the heroic efforts that go into hygiene. That’s ...

Despite significant advances in orthopedic technology and surgical techniques, infection control in total joint replacements remains an area that has room to grow, surgeons say. The percentage of ...

Despite CDC recommendations, there is no law requiring infection prevention training for any construction worker or other vendor working in a health care facility. An alarming 5 percent of all ...