The World Health Organization Friday shortened to 10 the number of days that a patient testing positive for Covid-19 should remain in isolation. Before Friday, WHO suggested people with symptoms ...

Another aspect of infection control is the psychological impact of isolation precautions on patients. A study focusing on patients under isolation found that these precautions could negatively ...

UPMC North Central Pa., has released new masking guidelines today. As of Wednesday, Feb. 12, it is recommended for all people ...

These precautions include isolating persons with suspected TB in patient rooms with specialized air handling known as airborne infection isolation rooms. To improve our ability to assess patients ...

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been rising in the US over the past several years. These precautions include ...

For each biological agent, information was compiled about symptom onset, treatment, postexposure prophylaxis, patient isolation precautions, and the availability of antidotes at local hospitals.

Caitlin Dugdale, MD, MSc, and Kimon Zachary, MD, physicians in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and ...

Such a manner of spread may account for the relatively low degree of contagiousness of the patient with herpes zoster. The serologic and virus-isolation studies reported here were undertaken to ...

they can use the TB or Not TB tool to determine if it is safe to discontinue isolation precautions. This tool will positively impact patient care and clinician workflows. In a rigorous analysis of ...