Nurses should not be asked to wash uniforms at home, as it ups the risk of spreading antibiotic-resistant infections, ...

The paper calls for NHS England to review how it monitors performance on infection prevention and control among clinical commissioning groups and its 27 local area teams. It also said CCG boards must ...

NHS have confirmed that “infection control measures” are in place for the “suspected” scabies outbreak at a Ross-shire care ...

HCAIs pose a serious risk to patients, staff and visitors. They can incur significant costs for the NHS and cause significant morbidity to those infected. As a result, infection prevention and control ...

The NHS knows how to treat complex mental health needs, now it needs to act. ... The Infection Prevention and Control Team at Leeds Community Healthcare Trust were successfully awarded “Team of the ...

New data from UKHSA reveals that treating urinary tract infections (UTIs) cost NHS hospitals in England an estimated £604 ...

IN his assessment of the NHS at 60, Ian Bell (Saturday Essay, July 5) seems to disparage our health service before 1948. As a doctor who worked for more than 40 years in British hospitals before ...

Enforcement action has been taken at an NHS trust amid concerns over infection control, including people contracting Covid-19 in hospital. The Care Quality Commission said it has launched action ...

Infection prevention measures and a re-assuring video at Shropshire’s specialist orthopaedic hospital have been praised by the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England.

Infection prevention practices centered on hand hygiene (HH) ... that occurred in the control NHs but was in part prevented in the intervention group.

Infection rules for NHS staff leave them at risk ... “PPE recommendations included in the infection prevention and control guidance are agreed by an expert group of clinicians and ...