Medical organizations form infection prevention group to replace CDC's terminated advisory committee and strengthen collaboration across ...

The Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group (HIPAG) will offer evidence-backed advisory expertise on infection ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have announced a new collaborative initiative, the ...

Infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked safeguards are increasingly becoming weak links in patient safety — ...

This week, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the group that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

A new AHA Trailblazers report, “Small Things Matter in Infection Prevention,” explores how hospitals are expanding surveillance programs to include peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) and other ...

10 things to know about infection prevention, control in children’s hospitals Evidence-based infection control strategies that focus specifically on pediatric hospitals are needed to standardize ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released the Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. Melissa Schaefer, MD, medical officer in ...

Nursing home owners and operators must stop viewing infection prevention as an add-on service and invest in related training resources and the time needed to develop effective nursing home programs, a ...

What is a Master of Science in Infection Prevention & Control? The Master of Science (MS) in Infection Prevention & Control degree trains students to work as professionals in the field of infection ...

Surgery centers are placing a greater emphasis on infection prevention as the healthcare industry turns an eye to quality measures and their future ties to reimbursement. Jean Day, RN, CNOR, director ...

APT-Sepsis programme cuts maternal death and severe infection risk through better prevention, detection, and treatment.