Oregon hospitals recorded nearly 1,000 infections that patients picked up while receiving care in 2024, resulting in ...

Oregon hospitals have been making progress in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs), but they still fall short in ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every 20 hospitalized patients will contract a healthcare-associated infection. The spread of these infections, however, can be ...

Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...

New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

In response to recent findings showing clinical cases of C. auris grew 95 percent from 2020 to 2021, The Washington Post spoke to experts who said the research points to how poorly funded and ...

According to new data from the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon hospitals made gains in lowering the number of health ...

The Infection Control and Prevention micro-credential covers the essential principles of infection prevention and control and their application in long-term care settings. Students earn a digital ...

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) is recognizing Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM) in September with the theme "Staying in the Know Together." Each week will ...

What better time to talk about the topic than Dental Infection Control Awareness Month, which takes place in September. Jessica Higginbotham, a board member of the Organization for Safety, Asepsis and ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent health challenges of our time, affecting people, animals, and the ...

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 11: Health Minister Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi emphasized that investing in infection control programs is the most ...