New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.
Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice ...
Changing nurses' perception of infection risk could improve compliance with infection control measures. It's often said that knowledge is power. But, a new study finds that when it comes to nurses' ...
The New York City Health Department is kicking off a new program that aims to keep COVID-19 infections down at nursing homes. AP/John Minchillo The New York City Health Department is developing a new ...
Nurses have always played an important role in infection prevention and control (IPC). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that fact. Evidence demonstrates that IPC is most effective when all ...
Workers from a Servpro disaster recovery team enter the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., to begin cleaning and disinfecting the facility on March 11. (Ted S. Warren/AP) Nursing homes operated by ...
Many of nursing homes’ infection prevention and control weaknesses initially exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic still demand additional support and resources, researchers warn in a new JAMDA study. The ...
Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes, a new government report finds. But the problems didn't end there: The report, issued Thursday ...
A member of the profession who was working as a senior infection prevention and control nurse in the Black Country has ...
Long before the novel coronavirus made its surprise appearance, the nation’s nursing homes were struggling to obey basic infection prevention protocols designed to halt the spread of viruses and ...