Five medical societies have published a set of recommendations for operationalizing strategies for infection prevention in acute care settings that account for conditions within the facility ...

Infection can be dangerous for people who are very sick, have long or frequent stays in health care facilities, or have invasive medical devices like breathing tubes, feeding tubes, and catheters.

On Friday evening, the CDC quietly made a significant change to its COVID-19 guidance in health care settings, allowing health facilities to determine the use of universal masking.

The Trump administration shuttered the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), ending three decades of medical advice used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent… ...

Four committee members said the Centers for Disease Control and ... there is no longer any public access to the process for drafting CDC guidance on infection control for health care settings.

This study also finds that public health communication on pneumococcal vaccination of older adults in LTC settings is ineffective, as evident in the lack of awareness from long-term care providers ...

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee issued guidance on the prevention and control of health care-associated infections. In a statement, HHS said HICPAC was terminated ...

Learn how Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) strategies, like hand hygiene, surveillance, and vaccination, can combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), a global health threat jeopardising ...

A large European study finds that more than half of residents of long-term care facilities acquire healthcare-associated ...

Infection can be dangerous for people who are very sick, have long or frequent stays in health care facilities, or have invasive medical devices like breathing tubes, feeding tubes, and catheters.