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From 2000 to 2023, there was a marked shift from overnight care to outpatient services. During these decades, outpatient visits went up by 31%, and...
Posts about HAIs:
More than 1.5 million Americans reside in nursing homes, where an estimated 2 million infections occur each year. Infection prevention and control...
June is Men's Health Month, so we will dedicate this blog post to investigating the risk of acquiring a healthcare-associated infection for male...
Many of us may interact with a pharmacist regularly, but do most of us realize what the profession truly entails? Pharmacists are not just found in...
Each year, World Hand Hygiene Day highlights a simple, evidence-based priority: clean hands reduce the spread of infection. The World Health...
In 1965, a sweeping update to the Social Security Act quietly introduced two programs that would transform American healthcare: Medicare and Medicaid...
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), also called healthcare-associated infections, affect millions of patients every year. Most of these infections...
Medical researchers have in recent years placed more emphasis on the non-medical conditions that impact patient health and outcomes. Collectively...
The Veterans Health Administration is facing cuts to contracts related to infection prevention. These cuts could put at risk the network of 163 acute...
Surface disinfection has become the new normal. Today's post takes the concept of a high school geometry proof to connect contaminated environments...
In healthcare, data is the backbone of informed decision-making. Whether tracking infection rates or evaluating how antibiotics are prescribed,...
As of May 2025, HICPAC was terminated by the current administration. We adjusted this post to reflect HICPAC's past responsibilities and...