Previously, environmentally transmitted diseases have not always been clearly recognized as the serious threat to patient safety that we appreciate today. Emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms ...

Hospitals should be safe havens for healing, not breeding grounds for infection. Yet, one in 25 patients—that’s 1.7 million – contract hospital associated infections (HAIs) every year in the U.S.

Despite their best efforts, infection and prevention leaders can struggle to keep facilities, especially in ASCs, due to limited resources available to implement a standardized environmental cleaning ...

In 2020, there has been an immense focus on infection control of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. However, over the past decade, there has been a growing ...

UNITY, Wis. (WSAW) - The site of a former gas station in Unity has been identified as one of the most contaminated sites in the county and will be prioritized for clean-up by the Environmental ...

Corroded air filters and disintegrated pieces of gas masks mar the natural beauty of a once popular fishing and swimming hole on Redstone Arsenal. But it's not what's above the water in the quarry at ...