Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Environmental Services: First Line of Defense Against HAIs

Career Focus: What is an Infection Preventionist?

Hurricane Epidemiology: Dangers After The Storm

Epidemiology Dangers After a Hurricane Passes

Thankful For... The Next Generation of Infection Preventionists

We Now Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Pandemic: Hospital Associated Infections

Consider a staff position "as important as the medical staff [since] an unclean and unsafe medical facility cannot function properly" (Healthsource,...

In the 1970s, infection control and prevention became a specialty in it's own right. Since then, the role and expertise of the individual tasked with...

This past week saw a devastating hurricane barrel into the United States. Hurricane Ian, which began as a tropical wave east of the Winward Islands,...

Infection prevention and control is a challenging field. There is the long training and certification process. There are the long hours of on-the-job...

In a widely-circulated interview, President Biden stated that the pandemic was, in effect, over. While not an official statement and also clarified...

This series on outpatient services and infection control can seem rather dismal. Thankfully, most outpatient facilities are safe and only a small...

We recently heard a chilling story: An ER doctor shared that he was treating many of his patients in the waiting room - diagnosing, providing...

So far in our series on infection control in ambulatory care settings, we covered the types of facilities and how they are regulated. One huge topic...

We don’t know enough about infection in ambulatory care centers.

Any kind of medical treatment received outside of a hospital admission is considered ambulatory care, or outpatient care. This category of healthcare...

Nursing responsibilities have changed dramatically over the past decades. While some non-medical tasks have been shifted to other workers, additional...

In late January of 2016, the CDC issued a health advisory “urging dialysis providers and facilities toassess and improve infection control practices

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Environmental Services: First Line of Defense Against HAIs

Career Focus: What is an Infection Preventionist?

Hurricane Epidemiology: Dangers After The Storm

Thankful For... The Next Generation of Infection Preventionists

We Now Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Pandemic: Hospital Associated Infections

Environmental Services: First Line of Defense Against HAIs

Career Focus: What is an Infection Preventionist?

Hurricane Epidemiology: Dangers After The Storm

Thankful For... The Next Generation of Infection Preventionists

We Now Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Pandemic: Hospital Associated Infections

Outpatient Services and Infection Control: Moving Forward [Part 5]

What the Nation's Nursing Shortage Means for Infection Control

Outpatient Services and Infection Prevention: Tracking Infections [Part 4]

Outpatient Services and Infection Prevention: What We Don't Know is Hurting Us [Part 3]

Outpatient Services and Infection Prevention: What is Ambulatory Care? [Part 2]

Time Crunch: Is There Time to Keep Patients Safe from Infection?

Outpatient Services and Infection Prevention: An Introduction [Part 1]