Bacterial meningitis droplet precautions include wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and isolating those with the disease. They can help reduce the spread of this disease from person to ...

There are different types of precautions you should take to prevent infections. ... In the hospital setting, this includes the following measures: single-room housing for infected patients; ...

Last year, in Minnesota, COVID cases were flooding hospitals and there were restrictions and recommendations across the state to help prevent the spread of the latest variant along with new ...

Most and colleagues analyzed data from 766,020 patient-days from Sept. 1, 2017, through Aug. 31, 2023 — before and after the hospitals ended contact precautions — and found 234 incident ...

During the Omicron era, rules requiring mask use in U.K. hospitals didn’t prevent COVID-19 spread when there were no other pandemic precautions in place, a new study finds.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Management at Cabell Huntington Hospital said the hospital is taking precautions after Legionella bacteria was found in a limited area of the facility. According to a ...

SEATTLE — Hospitals in Washington are taking precautions after the first case of the highly drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris, was confirmed in Washington state. Candida auris ...