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We’ve often heard that the building up of resistances to antibiotics by bacterial infections is a growing (and creeping) risk, but England’s top medical official had quite a bit to say o...

It isn't every day top health officials in the Obama administration and two national professional societies host an hour-long national webinar to praise your hospital for reducing central line-associ...

Editor's note: Culture Club is a new Patient Safety Monitor ­Journal feature that focuses on how combining safety efforts creates a more effective overall culture of safety....

In 2010, staff at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., started to become interested in new UV light technology as a possibility to help reduce infections. Although the hospital had lower t...

The practitioner with clinical responsibilities for infection control is responsible for ensuring that appropriate policies and procedures are both established and implemented across the facility. W...

True or False: Everyone who works in a hospital has a role and responsibility to help prevent the spread of infection. ...

MDRO prevention continues to be on the forefront of infection prevention, but screening practices are not always uniform, according to a new study....

It's that time of year again, when infection preventionists (IP) and safety officers begin to plan their ­annual employee flu shot campaign....

Despite efforts by the government and the health systems and hospitals that employ them, one in three healthcare workers continue to resist getting vaccinated against seasonal influenza, according t...