Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

COVID test

Asymptomatic COVID screening no longer recommended for hospitals

While exceptions remain, blanket asymptomatic screening has "unclear benefit" when layered upon a healthcare facility’s other prevention measures.

Dave Muoio Dec 21, 2022 4:25pm

Hospital COVID Healthcare workers during an intubation procedure to a COVID patient

CDC: Hospital infections spiked in 2020 thanks to COVID-19

Sep 2, 2021 4:30pm

Antibiotics

High-risk antibiotics associated with C. diff infections

Sep 16, 2019 3:14pm

nurses

Scrubs made of antimicrobial material still get contaminated

Aug 30, 2017 4:10pm

Syringe

Study: Nurse's drug diversion causes deadly outbreak

Jul 7, 2017 11:53am