New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

Nurses have always played an important role in infection prevention and control (IPC). The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that fact. Evidence demonstrates that IPC is most effective when all ...

Arlington, VA —The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases ...

Effective IPC requires constant action at all levels of the health system, including policymakers, facility managers, health workers and those who access health services. IPC is unique in the field of ...

The Society for Health care Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are from their common border standpoint only 930 km apart. When a first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was declared on 1st August 2018 in the ...

The need for infection preventionists has never been greater, but 13 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care providers still remain in the dark as to who will fit the federal government’s ...

The advocacy for better IPC follows the COVID-19 experience, which exposed deep weaknesses in Nigeria’s health system, ...

The Infection Prevention Control (IPC) Guidelines were launched by the Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, this morning, during a ceremony held in Port-Louis. The World Health ...

Introduction More than 75% of the global population resides in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where ...