A California bill has been proposed that would require stricter workplace violence prevention planning at state hospitals after two separate attacks on nurses last weekend....

Five children died at a New Orleans hospital from a fungus infection believed to have been spread by hospital linens. ...

Fill in the blank: Hospitals must provide information in an understandable format to patients who do not speak English, are deaf, or hearing impaired, or are ____________ or ____________ impaired. ...

Improvements must be made in handoffs, the use of PCA pumps, and postoperative orders to provide better patient care, according to a presentation at the annual conference of the Association of periOpe...

CMS yesterday announced a proposed rule to adopt an updated edition of the Life Safety Code® for use in hospitals and other settings. ...

What are two indications for the use of anticoagulant therapy? ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health has ordered Rhode Island Hospital to make corrections after it was found to violate its own infection control policies. ...

A surgeon at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y., is accused of slapping anesthetized patients on the buttocks and calling them names before surgery, according to a CMS report...

Hospitals should focus their infection control and prevention activities on the areas that pose the highest risk to the institution and its community. What factors should be considered when performin...

A new study found that hospitals are making progress in reducing infection rates, but estimated that nearly 650,000 patients per year acquire infections. ...