Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking full-time infection control and prevention experts in the past few weeks. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Job listings ...

SCHAUMBURG, IL. — Skilled nursing facilities should shift away from handing infection preventionist roles to floor nurses and instead recruit professionals with a background in the field to ensure ...

Making a business case for hiring new infection preventionists starts with gathering data on the current state of infection rates and staffing concerns. Infection preventionists have an expertise that ...

Though the role of the infection preventionist is expanding in response to demand for quality in healthcare, support systems are not growing at the same rate as infection preventionists’ ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hiring a full-time infection prevention specialist at a skilled nursing facility in California resulted in ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has developed an infection preventionist competency model to support IP education, according to an American Journal of Infection ...

Nearly 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes may not be complying with federal requirements regarding the designation and training of an infection preventionist to oversee infection control practices at ...

San Antonio, Texas, June 4, 2024 – In an era of hospital budget cuts and staffing freezes, a Florida hospital more than doubled staff positions for infection prevention and control (IPC) over a ...

The goals of the CEO include addressing infection preventionist burnout and promoting coronavirus vaccination. The new leader of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

Arlington, Va., and Indianapolis – June 14, 2022 – A skilled nursing facility (SNF) embedded within a California hospital improved hand hygiene rates and compliance with critical infection prevention ...

Findings from a first-of-its-kind study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggest that infection preventionists experienced worsening mental and physical health as a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Never thought I'd see the day when consumption of product (hand soap, alcohol hand rub) was in such demand.” ...