Viral illnesses have been on the rise this winter across the U.S., with norovirus – or stomach bug – infections nearly doubling from a year ago. Nursing home infection prevention experts are suggesting bringing back certain common sense protocols to curb spread of disease in nursing homes. Each year, over half of all norovirus outbreaks […]
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Following four deaths and a cluster of cases tied to Legionnaires’ disease at a New York-based assisted living facility, infection prevention experts are cautioning nursing homes to be vigilant about disease spread. Nursing homes have been prime breeding grounds in the past, leading to an outbreak at an Illinois nursing home for veterans and resulting […]
Infection prevention and control is always front and center at nursing homes and ever more so now in the midst of growing concerns over drug-resistant superbugs, such as Candida auris. While these infections are on the rise, a change to Covid-era protocols has meant less money for infection prevention efforts. However, clinical experts say that […]