Reports of several types of healthcare-associated infections skyrocketed in 2020 as hospitals were contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new national surveillance data. Per a Centers for ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Several healthcare-associated infections in US hospitals spiked in 2020 compared to the previous ...

With extensive funding and training, federal agencies and health care systems have spent years working together to reduce hospital-acquired infections and increase overall patient safety in the USA.

After years of steady reductions in healthcare-associated infections, significantly higher rates of four out of six routinely tracked infections were observed in U.S. hospitals, according to a new ...

Focused infection control surveys are no longer part of the standard survey process, federal officials announced in a memo to state directors Wednesday. Any COVID-19 or infection control concerns ...

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

Dr. Ericka L. Kalp is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Co-Director of Dornsife's Infection Prevention and Control Academic Programs. Dr.