Category: Infectious Disease

A Texas mom exemplifies the helplessness felt by many parents as the nation’s pediatric wards fill with young children afflicted by respiratory...

Does Poor Hand Hygiene Worsen Health Disparities in Hospitals? A review of medical research shows that racial and ethnic minorities, as well...

"People don’t realize the toll [the pandemic has] taken on the infectious disease response folks," said infectious disease epidemiologist and infection preventionist...

The first-ever Global Report on Infection Prevention and Control from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that good hand hygiene and other...

Protecting patients and workers inside of a hospital from the spread of infectious pathogens requires testing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and data...

Two recent articles show the detrimental impact of COVID-19 on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and patient safety; these reports also provide guidance on...

Countries with lower average per-capital income generally lack the financial resources and facilities necessary for effective infection control and prevention (IPC), as...

If there’s any silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that hospitals and long-term care facilities now have precautions in place that...

COVID-19 Elevates Importance of HAI Prevention in Hospitals COVID-19 Elevates Importance of HAI Prevention in Hospitals Recent data published by two respected...

Nine hours. That is the newly published survival rate of SARS-CoV-2 on human skin. Nine hours for the virus to travel on...