Nursing homes are being offered up to €25,000 each in grants for upgrading their premises and improve infection control and fire safety. The money is part of a €10m fund announced by the Minister for ...

Community nurse beliefs about infection prevention influence whether they comply with prevention protocols more than their actual knowledge of how to comply, according to new US research. Based on ...

A stark insight into poor infection control in many Covid-hit nursing homes, where the bedroom doors of infected residents were left open and staff suggested a "neighbour might do the laundry", has ...

Basic infection control measures were not in place in two nursing homes hit by deadly Covid-19 outbreaks, Hiqa has revealed. The health watchdog also discovered a third home had no “robust management ...

Almost one in five nursing homes inspected for infection control in 2018 were not complying with rules to prevent and control the spread of infections, a regulatory report shows. The Health ...

The HSE says that it gave guidance to nursing homes on infection control related to Covid-19 in February and had received “very few requests” for assistance from the sector up to March 27. Nursing ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...

What started as a measure during the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce the spread of infection in long-term care and congregate setting homes, has become a regular program at Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a further £600 million for infection control in coronavirus-hit care homes as he faced tough questions from the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer. Opening ...