A study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology examined the impact of universal contact precautions on multidrug-resistant organism rates in intensive care units. They examined data ...

Universal precautions are work practices designed to protect health care workers from occupational exposure to HIV and other bloodborne pathogens. However, despite aggressive dissemination efforts by ...

A recent Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources post to prevent wildland fires featured masks and social distancing. (source: Donna Kallner) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… It ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio The prevalence of multidrug-resistant ...

Bloodborne pathogens are pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. The pathogens include but are not limited to: Hepatitis Viruses and Human ...

Bloodborne pathogens are pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. The pathogens include, but are not limited to: Hepatitis Viruses and Human ...

When a patient is on standard contact precautions, the healthcare worker caring for that patient should be wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves, a gown, and a ...

Objective: To test whether healthcare workers' knowledge of and compliance with the basic principle of the Universal Precautions policy (i.e., that all patients should be treated equally regarding ...

Low health literacy is a growing concern in the U.S. as medical-treatment decisions become more complex, chronic diseases more prevalent and doctors' face time with patients more limited, today's ...

I am old enough to remember the start of the HIV epidemic. Back then, I was working in a medical laboratory, and we would mark the known HIV-positive patient’s samples with a special sticker and place ...