The U.S. Agency for International Development offers a free, downloadable infection control assessment tool for healthcare organizations. The 33-page tool was crafted by a number of healthcare ...

Researchers at Australia-based Westmead Institute for Medical Research developed a flu test that requires only a single drop of blood and can predict which influenza patients will develop serious ...

A new DNA sequencing technique that delivers faster and more accurate bacterial infection diagnoses could be implemented nationwide. The method, developed by the Medicines and Healthcare products ...

Baton Rouge, La.-based Our Lady of the Lake Health has deployed a diagnostic tool capable of detecting sepsis within 10 minutes in the hopes of saving lives from what is often dubbed a “silent killer” ...

A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is ...

For three straight years, state-run health inspection teams showed up at a long-term care facility in east Vancouver and left with similar findings each time. In 2017, inspectors discovered Pacific ...

Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. When a hospitalized patient shows signs of a dangerous, potentially deadly infection, you’d expect ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can spread rapidly within skilled nursing facilities. After identification of a case of Covid-19 in a skilled nursing facility, ...

What is a Master of Science in Infection Prevention & Control? The Master of Science (MS) in Infection Prevention & Control degree trains students to work as professionals in the field of infection ...

A total of 80 blood test results from patients potentially exposed to infection at a Burlington walk-in clinic have been received by Halton Public Health, and all tested negative for infection. A ...