Infection is a significant problem for many long-term care facilities. Exposure to pathogens such as C. diff., MRSA, influenza and others can be life-threatening for seniors whose immune systems may ...

PDI Healthcare, an infection prevention products and solutions company, has selected Dearborn, Mich.-based Oakwood Healthcare as the winner of the Delivering the Difference contest. Delivering the ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Infection Control Today magazine and Xenex Healthcare Services today announced the availability of a free Webinar, “Improving Patient Safety through Enhanced ...

Previously, environmentally transmitted diseases have not always been clearly recognized as the serious threat to patient safety that we appreciate today. Emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms ...

Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired while at a health care facility and are not present at the time of admission. Nosocomial infections are many times also called hospital acquired ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an interim guidance for environmental infection control in hospitals related to the Ebola virus. In early October, the CDC released ...

Dublin, May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "US Healthcare Environmental Services Market by Type, Facility Type (Acute Care, Post-Acute Care, Military & Children's Hospital) - Forecast to 2026" ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, health care-associated infections are the most ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- We know doctors and nurses are on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, but there are workers behind the scenes that go unrecognized. UW Health says environmental services staff ...

Contamination of the environment plays a key role in the transmission of some pathogens that cause healthcare-associated infection. This article is the first in a three-part series looking at cleaning ...

Previously, environmentally transmitted diseases have not always been clearly recognized as the serious threat to patient safety that we appreciate today. Emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms ...