Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes, a new government report finds. But the problems didn't end there: The report, issued Thursday ...

About 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes across the country are likely not complying with federal regulations surrounding infection control staff, increasing health and safety risks for residents and ...

Poor infection control measures in U.S. nursing homes contributed to 17,000 deaths during the pandemic, according to a report published by HHS’ inspector general’s office. During the height of the ...

Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship in nursing homes go hand in hand. And yet, the two are often treated as ...

Long-term care facilities need to pay attention to the latest research on cleaning and disinfection in order to prevent residents from being infected with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) as well ...

The CDC updated its infection prevention strategies after the public health emergency expired, making two important changes for assisted living communities. The changes, made May 8, updated ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

Demonstrators gather beside a presentation depicting the number 15,000 to denote estimated nursing home deaths, before a rally decrying former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the previous year's ...

Residents in a private nursing home suffered an outbreak of scabies over many months with poor infection control to stop the spread, an inspector's report has revealed. Scabies, which is highly ...

The report, issued Thursday by the Inspector General's Office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, showed that infection-control procedures were still sorely lacking at many facilities ...