Infection Prevention & Control

16+ hour, 57+ min ago   (144+ words) The intervention was associated with a sustained reduction in infection rates over a 12-month follow-up period, suggesting that structured prevention strategies may improve vascular catheter safety beyond intensive care settings. A total of 40 catheter-related bacteremia episodes occurred during the pre-intervention…...

11+ hour, 5+ min ago   (179+ words) Posted by: Sarah OBeirne in Healthcare Sector, Infection control, News, Sustainability, technology, Webinar 30 mins ago As NHS organisations work towards ambitious sustainability targets while maintaining high standards of patient safety, digital innovation and smarter systems are playing an increasingly important…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (310+ words) At the special outpatient clinic’s information stand, the team provides information on aspects of medication safety. An appointment at the clinic can be arranged directly on site. At the information stand ‘Modern Wound Management at University Hospital Vienna’, those interested…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (113+ words) КазТАГ Sanitary violations identified in 29 maternity hospitals across Kazakhstan September 10, 2026, 10:04 MFA on Kazakhstani students in US: Majority have departed for home September 10, 2026, 10:03 Loading operations at two CPC single point moorings halted following drone attack — Ministry of Energy September 10, 2026, 10:02 Four convicted…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (289+ words) Following a Covid-19 outbreak, the health board said that control measures were put in place and the situation has since been resolved The Northern Health and Social Care Trust has released a statement after a coronavirus outbreak occurred at Antrim…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (356+ words) Ondine Biomedical’s nasal photodisinfection significantly reduced surgical site infections Scientist Live Specialist in the development of light-activated antimicrobials Ondine Biomedical has released preliminary results of its North American Lantern pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial. Surgical site infections remain one of the…...

2+ week, 49+ min ago   (118+ words) From left, U.S. Army Capt. Lance Cusac and Staff Sgt. Adam Maltos, observer, coach, and trainers (OC/Ts) assigned to 1-291st Brigade Support Battalion, 181st Infantry Brigade, First Army, prepare for the medical lane during the Eagle Best OC/T Competition at Fort…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (25+ words) Infectious Disease Special Edition Rapid Diagnostics and Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in the Era of Escalating Antimicrobial Resistance...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (948+ words) A US inpatient nephrology unit was able to reduce hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections by 90% after implementing nurse-driven protocols, reports MedPage Today. Between January and April 2023, Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital nephrology unit recorded a hospital-onset C. diff infection (HO-CDI) rate…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (256+ words) Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Sakhawat Husain has asked the authorities concerned to constitute a committee to look into the measures of infection prevention and control of diseases. He gave the directive while speaking at a seminar on infection…...