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Teamwork, along with communication and awareness, can build an effective infection prevention program. Infection prevention and control is fundamental to providing safe and high-quality patient care.

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If you've been told you have neutropenia, you should become familiar with best practices for protecting yourself against infection. This article provides much of the background and self-help ...

Construction companies are familiar with safety and mess-control; however, with the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some more factors to consider when working at healthcare facilities. COVID-19 has ...

CDC and Florida Health Department researchers found seven risk factors that can lead to clinical Candida auris cases. The study, published Oct. 2 ...

When the new coronavirus started sweeping across Ohio in March, state officials immediately set protective restrictions to limit visitors to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The goal was ...

Are coronavirus precautions lowering flu infection rates? “Logically, they will. But we will only know this when the season is over,” former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official Dr.

Health Services is advising the public that visitor precautions are in place for A.M. Guy Memorial Health Centre in Buchans ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Two area nursing homes are facing thousands of dollars in fines for how they handled the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspectors from the New York State Department of Health cited both ...