When it comes to health care occupational risks, slips, trips, and falls are often the first to come to mind. Sharps also make the top of the list, but what is often overlooked is the cousin to sharps ...

Seamless PPE suit that covers wrists may reduce contamination of healthcare personnel Many healthcare workers fail to take the proper precautions to remove personal protective equipment correctly, ...

More than 50% of nursing home residents may be colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms, CDC says. Nursing home residents are at increased risk of developing infection with multidrug-resistant ...

March 23, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Personal protective equipment (PPE) is frequently used when it is not clinically indicated, with gloves being used more than 40% of the time when they are not ...