Sepsis caused one in five deaths globally in 2020, according to the WHO. Essentially, the world sees 11 million deaths due to ...

The Yukon Hospital Corporation says staff discovered residue on instruments last Friday after they were cleaned. For now, the hospital is consulting infection control experts and conducting tests.

Despite the constant pressures and potential pitfalls of battling infectious diseases, many nursing homes do an exemplary job tackling all that comes with caring for an immunocompromised population.

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been ...

By Manuela Bianco Suarez University of Kentucky Healthcare This winter, low temperatures have impacted the state of Kentucky. One of the biggest concerns statewide is the rise in the number of ...

which is also a serious infection, which people should also get vaccinated and take seriously, but we often don't.” However, ...

Surgical site infections can be prevented during pain relief procedures, anesthesiologists and pain physicians say.

Intervention models checked against electronic medical record data show ways to help improve infection control practices and ...

The first comprehensive guidelines dedicated to minimizing infections in patients undergoing surgeries and procedures involving regional anesthesia and acute and chronic interventional pain management ...

A hospital patient has been left disgusted ... alongside rigorous infection prevention and control processes". "Our teams have dealt with this issue and, in addition, we have increased cleaning ...