Public health nurses have welcomed the government’s prevention agenda, including “bold action” on obesity, tobacco, vaccines and children’s mental health, but have warned a clear delivery plan is ...

Despite rigorous hygiene protocols, including antiseptic bathing and aseptic line management, CLABSI rates persist, posing serious threats to already-vulnerable patients.

A prevention bundle reduced inflammation, infections and hospitalizations among nursing home residents with peripherally inserted central catheters, according to a study.

A new educational model has been found effective in raising awareness and lowering falls incidence in nursing homes.

Behavioral and socio-adaptive practices such as the use of systems to monitor CLABSI (97%) were widely used; however, feedback to providers on CLABSI events was reported by only 89%, while tools ...

About HD Nursing HD Nursing is the dominant patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and fall injury prevention patient care.

HD Nursing falls prevention tools, now seamlessly integrated into the Hospital at Home environment, ensure patients receive the highest standard of care while minimizing fall risks.

Conclusions In nursing homes, universal decolonization with chlorhexidine and nasal iodophor led to a significantly lower risk of transfer to a hospital due to infection than routine care.

The Hunt School of Nursing in El Paso received a grant to train healthcare students to prepare them to deal with workplace violence.

The author reviews the patient, provider, and device factors that contribute to central line–associated bloodstream infections and discusses preventive strategies.

In this episode of the Advancing Health podcast series, Nishant Prasad, M.D., attending physician and program director of infectious diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, shares how they ...