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 ...

When a patient is on standard contact precautions, the healthcare worker caring for that patient should be wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves, a gown, and a ...

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) is the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world. The Journal's mission is to promote excellence in professional nursing, with a global ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - With the recent increase in COVID-19 infections across the country, nursing homes are re-instating stricter precautionary measures to keep their residents safe. Of course, that ...

Hannah R. Day PhD, Eli N. Perencevich MD MS, Anthony D. Harris MD MPH, Ann L. Gruber-Baldini PhD, Seth S. Himelhoch MD MPH, Clayton H. Brown PhD, Emily Dotter PharmD and Daniel J. Morgan MD Objective.

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 ...

ORLANDO, Florida — Discontinuing routine contact precautions for endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) can save time and money without ...

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.

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 ...