Surprising findings from a new study suggest that the burden of C. diff infection may be less a matter of hospital transmission and more a result of characteristics associated with the patients ...

A new study from Durham, N.C.-based Duke Medicine revealed that using a combination of chemicals and ultraviolet light to clean patient rooms can cut transmission of four major infection-causing ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers analyze the extent, pathways, and risk factors of in-hospital severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission ...

Scientists have identified a critical factor that may contribute to the spread of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), shedding light on why these infections are so difficult to combat. Their study ...

Even in a post-pandemic world, frontline health care workers face many occupational challenges, and exposure to infection is among them. Now, University of Cincinnati scientists are working to ...

Back in the early to mid-1980s prior to the vaccine availability of hepatitis B, concerns about proper infection control in dentistry emerged. Ungloved dentists, especially oral surgeons, were ...

Explore the urgent need for proactive infection prevention in Indian hospitals to combat hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

While the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were marked by religious hand-washing and disinfecting of everything from groceries to doorknobs, scientists quickly learned airborne transmission was the ...

Northern Regional Hospital has joined a host of others across the state and region instituting visitor restrictions and guidelines as a result of a particularly virulent strain of influenza sweeping ...