Five basic approaches can help ambulatory surgical facilities implement infection control best practices, according to expertise from Chuck Peck, MD, managing director of Navigant Consulting and ...

Total, or hospital-wide, surveillance-collection of comprehensive data on all infections in the facility, with the aim of correcting problems as they arise. This is labor intensive. Surveillance by ...

Many doctor’s offices do not meet basic infection control standards, according to the CDC, and outbreaks resulting from breaches in standard practice are cause for concern as more patients turn to ...

An assessment of nearly 70 ambulatory surgical centers in three states found that lapses in infection control were common, including for practices such as hand hygiene, injection and medication safety ...

The CDC has released a basic infection control and prevention plan for outpatient oncology settings. This document has been developed for outpatient oncology facilities to serve as a model for a basic ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released two new infection-control and prevention resources for dental practices, in partnership with the Organization for Safety, Asepsis ...

Improper handling of intravenous saline at a West Virginia outpatient oncology clinic was linked with the first reported outbreak of Tsukamurella spp., gram-positive bacteria that rarely cause disease ...

Long before the novel coronavirus made its surprise appearance, the nation’s nursing homes were struggling to obey basic infection prevention protocols designed to halt the spread of viruses and ...