New tool improves TB isolation decisions and streamlines workflows
Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been rising in the ...
Tag: Infection Control
Reducing hand hygiene monitoring could save hospitals time and money
Hand hygiene (HH) monitoring in hospitals could be reduced significantly, allowing infection preventionists to redirect efforts toward quality improvement and ...
Enhanced screening protocols for Candida auris improve hospital infection control
Mount Sinai researchers have enhanced hospital screening protocols for Candida auris, an often-drug-resistant fungal pathogen the Centers for Disease Control ...
Hospital discharges linked to higher MRSA risk for family members
Family members of patients recently discharged from the hospital may have a higher risk of getting an antibiotic-resistant infection, often ...
Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission
Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with covid-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how ...
Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again
Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of covid-19, occupational safety experts warn that those on the front ...
Study reveals previously unappreciated role for innate immune cells in early stages of TB infection
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research published today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine ...
Health workers warn loosening mask advice in hospitals would harm patients and providers
Nurses, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection ...
Latest updates on SARS-CoV-2 variants identified in the UK
Latest update UKHSA publishes latest BA.2.86 analysis in new technical briefing The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published SARS-CoV-2 ...
Disinfectants play vital role in infection control and prevention
Infection control stands as a cornerstone of modern healthcare systems, safeguarding patients, healthcare professionals, and the community at large. By ...
