increasing compliance with basic infection control policies and procedures; and developing a plan for identifying, transferring, discharging, and readmitting patients colonized or infected with ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology released the Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate, ...

Ramping up basic infection control measures could prevent 750,000 deaths linked to antibiotic resistance per year in developing countries, according to a new study. Antimicrobial resistance ...

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.

" Signs and symptoms usually begin 12 to 48 hours after your first exposure to a norovirus and last 1 to 3 days," noted the Mayo Clinic. "You can continue to shed virus in your stool for several weeks ...

Intra-amniotic infection (IAI), or chorioamnionitis ... Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [29] *If PCN allergic and not at high risk for anaphylaxis. † If PCN allergic and ...