Nursing home providers can participate in an “unprecedented” infection control training program designed to help them better manage COVID-19 in their facilities. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

The need for infection preventionists has never been greater, but long-term care providers remain in the dark as to how and when they will need to fit new federally imposed criteria Last fall, Terry ...

November 5, 2024 — The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication and Office of Education at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health have launched online micro-credentials in ...

One-third of COVID-19 deaths during the pandemic were associated with nursing homes, which is leading infection control experts to push for more oversight from Congress, according to a June 20 news ...

About 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes across the country are likely not complying with federal regulations surrounding infection control staff, increasing health and safety risks for residents and ...

Stricter controls 'will help people move more gracefully toward the end of life,' infection control industry leader says. Infection control tended to be part of a list of responsibilities in most ...

All healthcare staff must do mandatory training in infection prevention and control. This article details an alternative approach to delivering training at one NHS acute trust during the Covid-19 ...

The New York City Health Department is kicking off a new program that aims to keep COVID-19 infections down at nursing homes. AP/John Minchillo The New York City Health Department is developing a new ...

During the pandemic, one very clear tragedy stood out: Approximately 200,000 residents and staff died from COVID-19 in nursing homes. However, what many people don’t realize is that even before the ...

Infection control researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a virtual reality (VR) tool to train clinicians on core concepts in infection control, including cleaning and disinfecting portable ...