A CDC advisory committee convened last week to revisit the agency’s draft infection control guidelines for healthcare facilities, voting in favor of recommendations that remain largely unchanged ...

CMS sent a memo to state survey agency directors urging them to double down on compliance with basic infection control practices. The memo includes information and links to resources to combat the ...

The CDC’s recently published guidelines on infection control and combating antibiotic resistance don’t take into account the reality of what’s going on in the “trenches”, Judy Stone, clinical ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee issued guidance on the prevention and control of ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released two new tools for use in healthcare facilities, the Sepsis Prevention Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes (SPAT) and the Targeted Assessment for ...

Funding cuts and restructuring at the CDC reportedly have disrupted certain efforts related to infection prevention, control and disease monitoring. One such effort is Together TakeMeHome at Emory ...