Infection control stands as a cornerstone of modern healthcare systems, safeguarding patients, healthcare professionals, and the community at large. By implementing comprehensive and rigorous measures ...

For Patrice Pryce-McCalpin, a career in microbiology began with an interest in what cannot be seen but what can change everything. As a Medical Technologist with a concentration in microbiology, she ...

Candidozyma auris (C. auris) represents a critical public health threat due to its multidrug resistance, environmental ...

The Move Follows Maternal Deaths Reported Earlier This Year In Kota, Bikaner And Jodhpur ...

Simply washing fruits and vegetables with water might not be enough to remove the parasite behind the U.S. outbreak.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that well over 800 cases of a food-borne parasite have been ...

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 ...

Inadequate infection prevention and control staffing levels are associated with higher rates of healthcare-associated infections, according to a new study published today in the American Journal of ...

New data published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) provide the first published evidence that a positive safety climate and adherence to standard precautions predict key ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published an infection prevention checklist for outpatient settings. The checklist, “Infection Prevention Checklist for Outpatient Settings: Minimum ...

The best way to show the federal government takes seriously the importance of infection control in nursing homes, especially in the wake of the pandemic, is to require a full-time specialist. That’s ...

Emergency medical services (EMS) workers appear to be at higher risk of infection when compared to firefighters and other frontline emergency personnel. A new report from the Agency for Healthcare ...