First came the federal requirement that every nursing home must have an infection control preventionist on staff. Now, a government watchdog says that minimum training requirements should be ...

While nursing homes have had six years to prepare for new infection preventionist guidance, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed last week they will not necessarily need to appoint ...

The regulation governing the F880 tag requires that facilities develop and implement ongoing infection control and prevention programs and written policies and procedures for infection control to ...

Require nursing homes, long-term facilities and other high-risk settings to staff at least one full-time infection preventionist. CMS should require each facility to have such an expert on staff and ...

At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, LoAnn Vande Leest, RN, CEO of The Surgery Center in Franklin, Wis., and Fawn Esser-Lipp, RN, infection preventionist and ...

Stricter controls 'will help people move more gracefully toward the end of life,' infection control industry leader says. Infection control tended to be part of a list of responsibilities in most ...

Arlington, Va., and Indianapolis – June 14, 2022 – A skilled nursing facility (SNF) embedded within a California hospital improved hand hygiene rates and compliance with critical infection prevention ...

Healthcare CEOs, do you know your infection preventionist, and do you engage with them regularly? If not, you’re missing out on opportunities to improve patient safety, protect your organization’s ...