Three general acute care hospitals, several skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities, and more than 300 patients have been evacuated as massive wildfires continue to burn across California, Bloomberg reports.

In a recent press release, Healthmark Industries announced the addition of the Instrument Tube Brushes to its ProSys™ instrument care product line

Tennessee's  hepatitis A outbreak claimed its first fatality this week, and health officials are expecting  the virus to spread throughout Nashville, according to The Tennessean.

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The CDC is seeking public comment on a draft guidance that would update existing policies on providing occupational infection prevention and control services for healthcare personnel.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