As health agencies respond to the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, a UK manufacturer supplying water purification ...
Background Effective infection prevention and control (IPC) is fundamental to patient safety in low-resource settings, yet ...
Hospital infection control programs can help healthcare organizations monitor and improve practices, identify risks and proactively establish policies to prevent the spread of infections. Judith ...
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 ...
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) announced the official launch of the Healthcare Infection ...
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 ...
Since WHO declared the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (species Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense; BDBV) in DR Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of ...
Six passengers from the hantavirus cruise ship have started their quarantine at Australia’s purpose-built facility in Western Australia. Over the next three weeks, the Australians and one New ...
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