In the final report of a three-part series published last year about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing homes, the Office of the Inspector General found “monumental and ongoing staffing ...

HealthDay News — In multisociety guidance published in the November issue of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, recommendations are presented for infection prevention and control (IPC) in the ...

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Word uti concept, urinary tract infection inscription on cubes in doctor hands. A new rapid test could make sure people with urinary tract infections get the best antibiotic The test checks how ...

A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen – virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite – has proved successful after a decade of use. The test has the ...

Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired while at a health care facility and are not present at the time of admission. Nosocomial infections are many times also called hospital acquired ...

A new DNA sequencing technique that delivers faster and more accurate bacterial infection diagnoses could be implemented nationwide. The method, developed by the Medicines and Healthcare products ...

It's a classic dilemma for your family doctor. You have a respiratory infection. Should you be prescribed antibiotics? The only way to know for sure is to find out if the infection is viral or ...