The Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group (HIPAG) will offer evidence-backed advisory expertise on infection ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have announced a new collaborative initiative, the ...

PointClickCare on Tuesday announced a new infection prevention and control solution designed to provide ongoing, centralized resident surveillance at the facility and enterprise level. Clinical teams, ...

Medical organizations form infection prevention group to replace CDC's terminated advisory committee and strengthen collaboration across ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have announced a new collaborative initiative, the ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every 20 hospitalized patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. The spread of these infections, however, can be ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced it will hold a film festival focusing on infection prevention and control at its annual 2011 conference. APIC is ...

APT-Sepsis programme cuts maternal death and severe infection risk through better prevention, detection, and treatment.

The spotlight is shining on infection control chiefs. The burden is on them to identify weaknesses and danger zones within their hospitals, not only to improve patient safety, but to thwart any ...

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a grouping of red-colored, rod shaped, ...

“The American people have benefited from the committee’s well-informed, rigorous discussion about the appropriateness of a ...

The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is vaccination. The vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection in ...