Due to high COVID-19 rates in nursing homes, CMS says it will increase enforcement for facilities with persistent infection control violations and impose enforcement actions for lower level infection control deficiencies.
New CDC recommendations can help physicians differentiate between vaping-related lung injury and influenza or respiratory infection.
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report reinforces the growing threat of antibiotic resistance in the United States.
To address the shortage of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Live, a drug used in treatment of bladder cancer, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has issued interim infection control guidance permitting providers to treat multiple patients from the same single-use vial of BCG.
