The Department of Health and Human Services released a report in January of this year showing that more than 1,000 long-term care facilities in the United States had COVID-19 infection rates of 75% or ...

What is a Master of Science in Infection Prevention & Control? The Master of Science (MS) in Infection Prevention & Control degree trains students to work as professionals in the field of infection ...

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Center in Chicago on Oct. 25, Janet Nau Franck, of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and ...

Nursing homes are facing persistent hurdles when working to implement adequate infection control practices, a new study has found. But at the same time, there are areas of opportunity operators can ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent health challenges of our time, affecting people, animals, and the ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

In a recent article published in The Lancet Microbe, researchers discussed the need to enhance research on the interactions between bacterial pathogens and commensals within human microbiomes and host ...

A study of COVID-19 transmission in geriatric acute care wards found healthcare workers in wards with outbreaks of the virus were more likely to transmit new infections than those working in COVID-19 ...

The management of many medical and surgical conditions often involves long-term infusion of intravenous fluids, broad-spectrum antibiotics, chemotherapeutic agents for cancer, critical care therapies, ...

Heightened hygiene standards and industrial modernization are boosting antimicrobial additive demand across healthcare, ...