(Updated October 16, 2014) Nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas claim the hospital administration failed to follow basic infection control principles and provided inadequate training ...

Healthcare-associated infections can have devastating consequences for patients and be costly for providers. A new Nursing Times Learning unit, funded by Medipal, focuses on key principles of ...

In a move aimed at controlling hospital acquired infection, the health ministry on Tuesday issued guidelines for healthcare institutions to prevent transmission of infections. New Delhi: In a move ...

Infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked safeguards are increasingly becoming weak links in patient safety — ...

Every year, millions of Americans contract infectious diseases that can result in staggering health care costs, reduced workplace productivity and adverse or even fatal outcomes. At a time when new ...

Everyone involved in providing care should be educated about preventing infection, and should receive training in keeping hands clean, using protective equipment (such as gloves and aprons) and the ...

Using their best practice methods for infection control and patient care, Hospital for Special Surgery in New York has helped a new British hospital lower their infection rates and average length of ...

The essentials of patient isolation are summarised in this article. They are also available as a learning resource in our learning unit on patient isolation. Scroll down to read the article or ...

play videoChief Nursing Officer, at the 37th Military Hospital, Col. Patience Owusu The Chief Nursing Officer, at the 37th Military Hospital, Col. Patience Owusu Aidoo, has stressed the need for ...