Infection Control

Advancements in ultrasound imaging have enabled transformational digital visualization of the patient anatomy, driving a growing list of procedures across healthcare. The quality care provided by healthcare staff, the ultrasound technology they use and frontline infection prevention (IP) practices are…

The Infectious Disease Society of America issued eight guidelines for healthcare workers using PPE when working with COVID-19 patients. 

Eight people died and 89 more residents and staff members were infected during a COVID-19 outbreak at Geer Village Senior Community in Canaan, Conn., NBC Connecticut reported Nov. 14.

Hospitals should use insights to revise "outdated" infection prevention and control policies, a review published in Annals of Internal Medicine Nov. 9 suggested. 

The Drug Enforcement Administration's approach to buprenorphine regulation is exacerbating the opioid epidemic by unnecessarily discouraging  pharmacies from dispensing the drug, pharmacists and harm reduction experts told NPR on Nov. 8.

In recognition of Clostridioides Difficile Awareness Month, which runs through November, Becker's compiled the latest facts and figures to know about the common healthcare-associated infection. 

Sandusky, Ohio-based Firelands Regional Medical Center has reported a COVID-19 outbreak among 11 staff members, a hospital spokesperson told Becker's on Oct. 28.

The public's support for workplace flu shot mandates has decreased since 2019, according to an Oct. 25 survey from ValuePenguin, a financial research and analysis website. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened infection risks in the hospital setting, causing some facilities to experience outbreaks among patients and staff.

Eleanor Slater Hospital in Burrillville, R.I., has suspended all visitation for 14 days after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19 in the facility's Zambarano Unit, according to WPRI 12.