Infection Prevention

Q: We are looking for some different, fun ways to teach donning and doffing and are also trying to get staff to recognize infection problems when entering a resident room. Do you have any suggestions?

Infection prevention and control measures during the pandemic did their job to lower many healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and respiratory viral infections (RVIs).

A group of public health experts is urging the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to update infection control practices that currently don’t incorporate COVID-19 best practices. The...

A person’s biology may play more of a role in how Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, spreads more so than healthcare facility preventive measures, a new study finds. This means that transmission of...

For years the government has sounded the alarm about infection control lapses in nursing homes, a deficiency underscored at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic when many residents of a Kirkland, WA...

Leadership support may be just what healthcare workers — and particularly infection preventionists — at long-term care communities need to avoid burnout. 

As the leading cause of gastroenteritis, norovirus — colloquially known as the stomach flu — is unpleasant for anyone. But in long-term care facilities, where vulnerable residents live in close quarters,...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, infection prevention and control (IPC) in long-term care facilities was usually relegated to the sidelines. If it was focused on at all, IPC often fell squarely on...

A new infection prevention course aims to bring more awareness about, and practical tips to stop, the spread of infections in assisted living communities.

Nursing homes play a crucial role in providing care and support to vulnerable populations. However, these facilities are often susceptible to infectious diseases such as norovirus due to close living quarters...