The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published an infection prevention checklist for outpatient settings. The checklist, “Infection Prevention Checklist for Outpatient Settings: Minimum ...

Prior to opening a healthcare facility that has undergone extensive water and wind damage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state inspections need to be conducted to determine if the ...

A CDC advisory committee convened last week to revisit the agency’s draft infection control guidelines for healthcare facilities, voting in favor of recommendations that remain largely unchanged ...

The CDC has released a basic infection control and prevention plan for outpatient oncology settings. This document has been developed for outpatient oncology facilities to serve as a model for a basic ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

ASCs are experiencing increased pressure to demonstrate low incidence of infection and compliance to infection prevention rules and regulations. Louise Dechesser, a surveyor for the Accreditation ...