Contact precautions are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent the spread of MRSA. In the hospital setting, this includes the following measures: ...

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 ...

Droplet precautions, such as isolation, can help prevent the spread of meningitis. Keep reading to learn more about different types of meningitis and what steps to take to reduce transmission.

With universal masking mandates almost entirely gone, hospitals now have to decide when—or if—to bring requirements back.

Three pediatric hospitals that discontinued contact precautions for MRSA did not see an associated increase in MRSA over the course of the next 4 years, according to researchers published in the ...

Why New York Hospitals Will Soon Be More Transparent About Pricing The City Council approved a bill enabling New Yorkers to go online and see what different hospitals charge for the same service.

Best Maternity Hospitals 2021 The birth of a healthy baby brings great joy -- especially during such a difficult time. If you're planning to add a new baby to the family, you want to feel ...

"Reasonable precautions" could have prevented the deaths of three newborn babies, a fatal accident inquiry has found. Leo Lamont, Ellie McCormick and Mira-Belle Bosch all died within hours of ...

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.

Hospital-acquired infections are a billion-dollar burden and cause more disability than road crashes. Why aren't we doing more to prevent them?

Contact precautions and use of gowns and gloves when treating a patient with MRSA colonization or infection remain an essential practice in the new guidelines.

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.