"The last thing that we wanna do is a patient to come into the hospital and leave sicker than what they were," Tennille said. The hospital's environmental services team employs rigorous cleaning ...

This guide includes an overview of practices for the prevention and management of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) by healthcare professionals practicing in public health or ...

This is another reminder that efforts focused on infectious disease are critical to the prevention of chronic disease. A more recent finding underscores the link between acute infections and chronic ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

The risk is variable and depends on a patient’s immune status, the local prevalence of various pathogens, and the infection control practices and antimicrobial stewardship utilised during ...

Matthew Upton, professor of medical microbiology at the University of Plymouth, said poorer infection control conditions can also increase the spread of infections that are resistant to treatment.

Since then, she’s written essays, a memoir and a children’s book. Now, after 12 years, her long-awaited fourth novel, “Dream Count,” arrives. It tells the story of four women — a ...

Infection control and quality measurement were the continued focus of state-level assisted living regulations and legislation from mid-2023 to mid-2024, according to a report issued Thursday by the ...