Infection Control

A new study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology found that superbugs grew at an alarming rate in hospitals and healthcare...Read More »

As the Ebola outbreak intensifies in Africa, U.S. hospitals are bracing for a potential influx of patients with the deadly disease.Read More »

One group of UCLA researchers argues that the handshake, although steeped in social custom, has no business in healthcare.Read More »

It's been six years since a group of infection prevention organizations, hospital associations, and regulators assembled to release the ...Read More »

A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center study found that anesthesia providers often fail to clean their hands during surgical procedures.Read More »

The federal government this fall will cut Medicare payments for hospitals that have the worst rates of hospital-acquired infections and patient...Read More »

A new report from the World Health Organization found that antimicrobial resistance poses a serious threat to patients throughout the world.Read More »

New and improved data released by the CDC offers a more comprehensive and accurate depiction of the impact that healthcare-...Read More »

A new report found that sepsis is present in as many as one in every two hospitalized patients who die.Read More »

New research from the CDC offers additional insight into growing concern about antibiotic resistance, particularly when it comes to inconsistent...Read More »