Clinicians who do not wear masks during endoscopies risk bacterial exposure that could spread infectious diseases to other patients, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Eighteen percent of adults over age 60 have skipped necessary medical treatment, according to a survey  from Clover Health.

The CDC is seeking public comment on a draft guidance that would update existing policies on providing occupational infection prevention and control services for healthcare personnel.

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation issued a report Nov. 15, illustrating the state of Massachusetts lost $15.2 billion due to the opioid epidemic and overdoses attributed to opioids, according to WBUR.

State officials placed Wanaque (N.J.) Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation on "immediate jeopardy" due to infection control issues at the facility, where 10 children have died from an adenovirus outbreak, reports the North Jersey Record.

Balancing financial and quality initiatives requires fighting several misconceptions, including the ideas that cost and clinical outcomes are mutually exclusive, quality has a singular definition and quality protocols aren't everyone's responsibility.

Caring for celebrity patients poses unique challenges for hospitals when it comes to patient safety, two leaders from Los Angeles-based Cedars Sinai Medical Center wrote in an op-ed published Nov. 14 in JAMA Surgery.

The World Health Organization's Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response Dr. Peter Salama said that the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to continue until the middle of next year, according to Reuters.

Working with a charity called Lifebox, a group of surgeons collaborated to develop an inexpensive headlamp for use during operations in low- and middle-income countries that often face electricity outages, the group writes in JAMA Surgery.

A report from the nonprofit ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization found lapses in how hospitals manage acute care patients with behavioral health needs.