A CDC advisory committee convened last week to revisit the agency’s draft infection control guidelines for healthcare facilities, voting in favor of recommendations that remain largely unchanged despite ongoing criticism. The Healthcare Infection Control ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an advisory group meeting this week during which a vote on ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new vaccination guidelines Jan. 5 that remove routine childhood meningococcal vaccination, among nine other

The CDC has released a basic infection control and prevention plan for outpatient oncology settings. This document has been developed for outpatient oncology facilities to serve as a model for a basic infection control and prevention plan. It contains ...