The CDC updated its infection prevention strategies after the public health emergency expired, making two important changes for assisted living communities. The changes, made May 8, updated ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released two new tools for use in healthcare facilities, the Sepsis Prevention Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes (SPAT) and the Targeted Assessment for ...

Government reports have illuminated the ‘astounding’ lack of attention to infection prevention. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has sent a letter to Congress ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The updated guidance highlights best practices for infection prevention and control staffing and preparedness in ...

HHS recently issued a report that estimated about 1 in 4, or 2,568, for-profit nursing homes do not meet federal requirements for infection prevention. The Association for Professionals in Infection ...

Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're likely following standards influenced by the Healthcare Infection Control ...

Nursing home owners and operators must stop viewing infection prevention as an add-on service and invest in related training resources and the time needed to develop effective nursing home programs, a ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed three bills into law aimed at improving infection prevention and control responses in nursing homes, according to a Nov. 10 press release. The first law will require ...