The Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group (HIPAG) will offer evidence-backed advisory expertise on infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship.
Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...
Assisted living operators reported serious challenges in implementing infection prevention and control practices for residents with dementia during the pandemic, according to a new study across seven ...
While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory ...
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 ...
The fungal infection has been classified as an "urgent antimicrobial resistance threat" by the CDC as cases in Michigan ...
As Covid-19 hospitalizations rise across the country, I (Dr. Pak) think back to my first Covid-19 patient. It was the first time I saw Covid in the hospital — and it wasn’t where it was supposed to be ...
Focused infection control surveys are no longer part of the standard survey process, federal officials announced in a memo to state directors Wednesday. Any COVID-19 or infection control concerns ...
A system-level, multifactorial intervention significantly reduced the risk of maternal infection outcomes, according to a recent study.
Trinity Health Michigan and MyMichigan Health say their hospitals will join five others in the state to offer the hepatitis B ...