Personal Protective Equipment

Healthcare workers who had the highest risk for being exposed to SARS-CoV-2 also were most likely to be noncompliant with infection prevention measures, according to a new report. 

The National Nurses United (NNU) spoke out against recent US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention action to finalize infection control guidelines that affect long-term care communities. The NNU says...

Letting healthcare workers put on gloves without requiring them to wash their hands first helped employees comply with expected  infection prevention strategies better than requiring them to wash their...

Q: We are looking for some different, fun ways to teach donning and doffing and are also trying to get staff to recognize infection problems when entering a resident room. Do you have any suggestions?

Infection prevention and control measures during the pandemic did their job to lower many healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and respiratory viral infections (RVIs).

CDC to host Nov. 15 webinar on enhanced barrier precautions in nursing homes … Study finds disparities in SNF residents’ ED visits, access to specialty care … Survey on life-sustaining care reveals...

Trackers are watching a convergence of COVID-19 variants emerging across the world that can better skirt the immune system than prior variants.

Long-term care facilities would need to have a crisis plan to manage an outbreak of COVID-19 or other public health emergencies, have a stockpile of personal protective equipment, keep families of LTC...

Study shows PPE highly effective against COVID-19 in ER workers … Survey: Three-quarters of community pharmacies report staff shortages … COVID-19 death rate has held steady since spring … Researchers...

The CDC has updated its guidance in an effort to help reduce the growing threat to residents posed by multidrug-resistant organisms.