Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an AI tool to accurately identify signs of surgical site infection on postoperative online portal images, according to a study published ...

The recent replacement of the entire CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) raises serious public health ...

Nurses play a critical role in preventing sepsis, through early detection, infection control, and patient education, and CNOs must be prepared.

Doral, Fla.-based Jackson West Medical Center opened in August 2021 with a road map for preventing hospital acquired infections that is now being scaled across the system. “From the very beginning, we ...

Healthcare is a rapidly evolving industry with consistent changes coming down the pipeline regarding how we care for patients ...

According to Telhiard, there have been several positive outcomes following the implementation of the sepsis protocol and the IntelliSep tool. Length of stay has decreased, along with revisits, and the ...

Introduction A gap exists in the literature regarding dose–response associations of objectively assessed housing quality measures, particularly dampness and mould, with hospitalisation for acute ...

Judy Potter, the chairman of the Infection Control Nurses' Association, confirmed that Crocs were far easier to keep clean than conventional shoes, posing a lower infection risk. However, she accepted ...

"While the pandemic has been unexpected to all of us, basic infection control should have been going on in nursing homes for a long time,” he says. “These are places where people are vulnerable to ...