The operating room should be a key target for ambulatory surgery center infection control programs because it is the source of many infections, such as surgical site infections and catheter-associated ...

The following is written by Peter Sheldon, CBSE, vice president of operations and development for Coverall Health-Based Cleaning System. As the risk of infections continues to grow in healthcare ...

A recently-released study touting how preoperative oral treatment can lower the risk of suffering postoperative pneumonia appears to have bitten off more than it can chew. The headline read, "Dental ...

Surgeons could dramatically reduce the risk of infection after an operation by simply changing the antiseptic they use. New analysis by the University of Leeds and the University of Bern of more than ...