What better time to talk about the topic than Dental Infection Control Awareness Month, which takes place in September. Jessica Higginbotham, a board member of the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and ...
The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) is recognizing Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM) in September with the theme "Staying in the Know Together." Each week will ...
Steve Corl, administrator at Mackinaw Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., explains how the surgery center selected an infection control officer and created greater infection control awareness to meet ...
Originally created for hospitals, the World Health Organization’s Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) has been adapted to assess infection prevention and control (IPC) ...
A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart outbreaks of infections from the Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium, a leading cause ...
Kwang-Seok Kang, a current Online Master of Science (MS) in Infection Prevention and Control student at the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, has hit the ground running in his career. As the ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The updated guidance highlights best practices for infection prevention and control staffing and preparedness in ...
There is a direct correlation between how well an infection prevention program is staffed and a facility’s rate of infection. Your reaction might be “duh,” but the scientific proof was elusive — until ...
Focused infection control surveys are no longer part of the standard survey process, federal officials announced in a memo to state directors Wednesday. Any COVID-19 or infection control concerns ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infection preventionists at AdventHealth Celebration doubled their infection control staff over 4 years. This ...