Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking full-time infection control and prevention experts in the past few weeks. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Job listings ...

SCHAUMBURG, IL. — Skilled nursing facilities should shift away from handing infection preventionist roles to floor nurses and instead recruit professionals with a background in the field to ensure ...

Making a business case for hiring new infection preventionists starts with gathering data on the current state of infection rates and staffing concerns. Infection preventionists have an expertise that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN ANTONIO — At this year’s Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual ...

To meet industry standards and career needs of today’s infection preventionists, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology recently penned a career development guide.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hiring a full-time infection prevention specialist at a skilled nursing facility in California resulted in ...

Nearly 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes may not be complying with federal requirements regarding the designation and training of an infection preventionist to oversee infection control practices at ...

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 ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the conversation around pediatric healthcare for African Americans has been the epi-center of many medical professionals. As a whole, the idea of approaching the ...

San Antonio, Texas, June 4, 2024 – In an era of hospital budget cuts and staffing freezes, a Florida hospital more than doubled staff positions for infection prevention and control (IPC) over a ...

The goals of the CEO include addressing infection preventionist burnout and promoting coronavirus vaccination. The new leader of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

Findings from a first-of-its-kind study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggest that infection preventionists experienced worsening mental and physical health as a ...