Nursing homes must begin to use enhanced barrier precautions to prevent broader transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms and to help protect patients with chronic wounds and indwelling devices, ...

More than 50% of nursing home residents may be colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms, CDC says. Nursing home residents are at increased risk of developing infection with multidrug-resistant ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Local nursing homes are implementing a variety of methods in hopes of protecting their elderly patients -- a segment of the population that experts say is the most likely to ...

A Norwich nursing home is taking steps to keep residents and staff safe after legionella bacteria was found at the facility.

MUSKEGON, Mich. — Representatives with Public Health - Muskegon County, or PHMC, said they are continuing to test nursing home residents for COVID-19 after cases were identified in the facilities.

Nursing homes, once at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, have lifted many of the precautions in place over the last three years, now that the public health emergency prompted by the coronavirus ...

Infection control policies vary, so a standardised, user-friendly set of guidelines was produced to help healthcare staff know how to reduce the risk of infection transmission Abstract To minimise the ...

In an effort to help reduce the growing threat posed by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance on enhanced barrier precautions ...