1. To define formal infection control procedures to protect Western Michigan University employees, students, and other designated persons from occupational and classroom exposure to blood, bodily ...

Many efforts to implement best practices in healthcare settings concede one fundamental universal truth: Successful change doesn’t happen in a vacuum. When it comes to implementing infection control ...

As a growing number of patients receive care in outpatient settings as opposed to hospitals, the risk of healthcare-acquired infections and patient safety issues will increase, prompting a need for ...

Healthcare-associated infections place a considerable burden on hospitals and health systems by way of patient morbidity and care costs. Surgical site infections, one of the most prevalent HAIs, often ...

Proper infection prevention and control is considered among the most important practices for avoiding cross-contamination and the spread of contagious disease. Here is a look at the deficiencies that ...

In 1989, Dr Narin Sehgal got a licence to open a five-bedded nursing home in Delhi’s Paschim Vihar – without having to establish any infection control protocols. “We had learnt about basic ...