Rates of infection in hospitals dropped in 2023, according to an annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which measures national and state infection rates across ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly 80% of acute-care hospitals had insufficient infection prevention staffing levels. A staffing calculator ...

Johns Hopkins surgeons lower costs, reduce infection rates with patient-focused care: 8 key findings A quality improvement program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore that changed organizational ...

The agency found that Oregon’s hospitals on average had worse results than the national average on the rate of patients with surgical site infections in 2024 compared with the year before. They also ...

New technologies tend to dominate headlines in modern medicine, but infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked safeguards are increasingly becoming weak links in patient safety — ...

Implementing germicidal ultraviolet light in HVAC systems at the AC coil can eliminate these microorganisms and reduce healthcare-associated infections, leading to significant reduction of ...

Making a business case for hiring new infection preventionists starts with gathering data on the current state of infection rates and staffing concerns. Infection preventionists have an expertise that ...