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

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. ...

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. ...

Between hand hygiene, sterile practices, environmental cleaning, and a host of other infection control best practices, the healthcare industry has come a long way in taking precautions to prevent pati...

A new CDC report provides guidance for hospitals on proper antibiotic prescribing practices....

A new study found that physicians’ stethoscopes have the potential to spread germs from patient to patient....

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