Infection Control

True or False: Although hand washing is known to be one of the best ways to reduce the spread of infection, few hospitals have reached 90% or...Read More »

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has released six reports on data from California hospitals on a range of healthcare-associated...Read More »

Most hospitals have created some sort of campaign to raise levels of hand hygiene compliance-from creating signs and uploading...Read More »

Oncology clinics traditionally house some of the most vulnerable patients when it comes to contracting dangerous infections,...Read More »

The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy...Read More »

True or False: Good infection control practices can have a major, positive impact on patient safety and quality of care.Read More »

Quiz staff with these questions related to The Joint Commission's infection control standards. Answers are on p. 12.Read More »

The Joint Commission has just released a new R3 report examining the 2012 National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) related to catheter-associated...Read More »

Wash your hands. It's a message that infection control (IC) professionals cannot stress enough, yet ­caregivers can become...Read More »

The Joint Commission says hospitals may follow the hand hygiene guidelines of the______________ or the _________________.Read More »