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"The last thing that we wanna do is a patient to come into the hospital and leave sicker than what they were," Tennille said. The hospital's environmental services team employs rigorous cleaning ...

Find out more about the winner and shortlisted entries in the Infection Prevention and Control category at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards. The winners of the 2024 Nursing Times Awards were announced at ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took offline recommendations ... to know what antibiotic will work on which infection, and how to avoid worsening antibiotic resistance," said ...

A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess, is a collection of pus and bacteria that forms inside the tooth or gum. To reduce the risk of complications, a person should seek treatment for a tooth ...

Avoid all places and activities that could result in exposure. This includes places where sick people are being cared for without appropriate infection control measures. Avoid sexual activity with ...

“Clinical trials for assessing the effects of infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions are expensive and have shown mixed results,” Fardad Haghpanah, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at ...

Infected patients, staff, visitors, or contaminated foods can introduce the norovirus into long-term care settings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Deb Burdsall, an ...