A study published last week found that close interactions between patients and healthcare workers serve as pathways for the transmission of staphylococcus aureus strains....

The Food and Drug Administration last week released new recommendations to prevent infections from reusable medical devices like the ones that recently led to superbug outbreaks in several hospitals....

Patient safety advocates say hospitals and public health authorities keep important information about superbugs from patients....

The Food and Drug Administration last week issued a warning about duodenoscopes, which are linked to a recent superbug outbreak in a Los Angeles hospital that killed two patients....

A U.K. study found that increased emphasis on hand hygiene in hospitals may be increasing dermatitis, which in turn increases the risk of infection in healthcare workers....

A report released on December 2, by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) decreased 17% ...

Good catch, bad outcome, and ugly truth: These were the three themes established by infection control specialist Lisa Waldowski, MS, APRN, CIC, during her recent presentation on infection prevention a...

Infection control concerns arise after hospitals struggle to dispose of Category A waste in the wake of CDC and DOT discrepancies ...

At least 32 patients fell ill and 11 died after contracting a superbug infection at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle between 2012 and 2014....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that this season’s flu vaccine was only 12% effective for adults aged 18 to 49 and 14% effective for those 50 and older....