Skilled nursing facilities and hospitals that treat or handle COVID-19 patients can expect more focused inspections in the coming weeks under a new initiative launched by the Department of ...

It’s critical to consider how factors like emergency management, patient flow, security, life safety and infection prevention and control all are affected by construction, and endeavor to minimize the ...

SEMBACH, Germany – A select group of Army dentists, enlisted dental specialists and civilian dental staff assigned to the Rhineland-Pfalz Dental Activity recently took part in specialized training ...

A family practice in Dayton, Ohio, has been fined $10,500 as part of a settlement with OSHA relating to violations in areas including sharps safety, infection control and employee training, according ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development offers a free, downloadable infection control assessment tool for healthcare organizations. The 33-page tool was crafted by a number of healthcare ...

Leapfrog Group gave more than 1,000 hospitals a "C" or worse score in the latest update to its Patient Safety Grades, with infection control a top pain point for a number of facilities that lag behind ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, metrics tracking healthcare-associated infections and other complications of care indicate significant deterioration of multiple patient safety measures, according ...

OSHA cited Georgetown Dental for six serious violations and one other-than-serious violation, amounting to a $9,500 proposed penalty. The violations included not providing medical evaluations and fit ...

It’s critical to consider how factors like emergency management, patient flow, security, life safety and infection prevention and control all are affected by construction, and endeavor to minimize the ...

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority offers a free infection control assessment tool for ambulatory surgery centers. “Monitoring the Use of Evidence-Based Best Practices for Prevention of ...