A new, multi-day course is being designed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid to help nursing homes prepare for an infection preventionist requirement included in the revised Final Rules of ...

Online courses are helping staff to develop the skills they need to tackle hospital-acquired infections, such as MRSA and C.difficile, and this expertise could also prove vital in a pandemic, ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is offering a free online course for health care providers on infection control practices, hand hygiene, pneumonia and personal protective equipment, ...

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is now offering an infection prevention course for ASCs, according to a news release by AORN. The aim of the course is to guide ASCs in making sure ...

A new infection prevention course aims to bring more awareness about, and practical tips to stop, the spread of infections in assisted living communities. The course, “Infection Prevention and Control ...

ATLANTA — ASHRAE will offer a course on the role of HVAC systems in infection control in hospitals. The course, “Designing and Operating High-Performing Healthcare HVAC Systems,” is one of 11 ...

Lynda Atack, PhD, RN, is professor, School of Community and Health Studies, Centennial College; Robert Luke, PhD, is director, Office of Applied Research and ...

Online courses can significantly improve nurses’ infection control practice, suggests a small Canadian study. Researchers studied 67 healthcare staff, half of whom were nurses, who completed a ...

Online courses are helping staff to develop the skills they need to tackle hospital-acquired infections, such as MRSA and C.difficile, and this expertise could also prove vital in a pandemic, ...

Staff who took part in a specially designed online infection control course -- in addition to receiving on-the-job training -- said their skills improved by a fifth and led to a number of suggestions ...