Compared to the general population, healthcare workers have a higher risk of hepatitis C infection, according to Reuters coverage of a study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Researchers ...

Declining uptake of flu vaccines among health workers comes at a time when officials are anticipating a severe flu season.

September 3, 2009 — To help protect against respiratory infection, healthcare workers who interact with patients suspected or confirmed of being infected with the novel pandemic influenza A strain ...

Infection prevention has always been central to healthcare, but today it’s expanding beyond hand hygiene and PPE to include ...

The first major update to long-term care infection prevention and control recommendations in 17 years offer providers a new roadmap that acknowledges the increased medical needs of residents, the rise ...

The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) and Office of Education, both within the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH), have collaborated to develop and launch ...

More than 9,000 healthcare employees have contracted COVID-19 in the U.S., according to CDC data released April 14. CDC researchers analyzed data on 315,531 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases ...

The Trump administration has terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities. The Healthcare Infection Control ...

An administrative law judge’s ruling in favor of a former nursing home employee reinforces providers’ need to review their compliance with infection control and prevention regulations, experts ...

Despite determined efforts by countries and health care professionals, Europe is not on track to meet four of the five AMR ...