The CDC and medical associations have released several new guidelines on infection prevention and control this year. The updates come as hospitals nationwide work to address rising rates of heatlhcare ...

The CDC’s 2026 infection prevention guidance calls for a universal baseline of core practices across all healthcare settings, supported by stronger surveillance systems and leadership accountability.

A group of healthcare societies has issued updated infection control guidance for nursing homes, marking the guideline’s first update in 17 years. The guidance was published Oct. 28 in Infection ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

Representatives from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), Association for Professionals ...

Preventing health-care–associated infections in acute-care hospitals is crucial for patient well-being and health care cost burden, and comprehensive guidelines based on current research are an ...

Infection control continues to top the list of survey deficiencies for long-term care facilities with overall safety environment running a close second. Newly released data pinpoints areas where most ...

Researchers say nurse-led infection-control bundles are sharply reducing deadly bloodstream infections and ...

Infectious Disease is the study of human and animal diseases caused by microorganisms. Students studying infectious disease at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health take courses in areas ...

Strong infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes are critical to reducing the burden of healthcare-associated ...