Infection Control

The 2017 Chicago session of The Joint Commission’s annual Executive Briefings saw a far-ranging discussion on the future of accreditation....Read More »

On June 2, CMS issued...Read More »

Editor’s note: In February, The World Health Organization (WHO) published its first list of a dozen families of antibiotic-...Read More »

In March, ...Read More »

In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century...Read More »

In January, Trina Crow, RN, MJ, associate project director at The Joint Commission, wrote in a blog post that long-term care...Read More »

In June, The Joint Commission made several changes to its catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG...Read More »

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced ambitious new targets for reducing healthcare-acquired infections (HAI) by...Read More »

A deadly infection that has lingered throughout healthcare for the last several decades is finding a foothold at the national level thanks to...Read More »