The CDC’s recently published guidelines on infection control and combating antibiotic resistance don’t take into account the reality of what’s going on in the “trenches”, Judy Stone, clinical ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a tuberculosis infection-control program should consist of administrative controls, environmental controls and a respiratory-protection ...

Whether they’re there for a few days after a hospital stay, or living there long term, people in nursing homes are especially vulnerable to infections. From bacteria that have evolved to resist most ...

A CDC advisory group met this week but did nothing to assuage concerns that it will further roll back protections for patients and healthcare workers in nursing homes and hospitals. Registration for ...

The risk of nosocomial infection has been thought to be minimal in ambulatory surgical settings because of the short stay in the facility, the short duration of anesthesia, the ‘minor’ nature of the ...

(CBS4) - There are at least 15 nursing homes across Colorado now facing deadly outbreaks inside their walls that were also found to have infection control deficiencies in the last two years, according ...

It’s hard to see the horizon when you’re fighting to keep your head above water. That’s where AEC firms, interviewed in late March and through April, say most of their clients were when it came to ...

Wood’s Crossing at Wood’s Point nursing home has submitted a plan of correction to the state after investigators found three incidents in which it failed to follow infection control policies, ...

Infectious Disease is the study of human and animal diseases caused by microorganisms. Students studying infectious disease at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health take courses in areas ...