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 ...

PointClickCare on Tuesday announced a new infection prevention and control solution designed to provide ongoing, centralized resident surveillance at the facility and enterprise level. Clinical teams, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every 20 hospitalized patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. The spread of these infections, however, can be ...

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control describes and measures major barriers to optimally adhering to infection control guidelines, according to the study’s abstract.

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a grouping of red-colored, rod shaped, ...

The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is vaccination. The vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in ...

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

Kwang-Seok Kang, a current Online Master of Science (MS) in Infection Prevention and Control student at the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, has hit the ground running in his career. As the ...