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1-In-4 For-Profit Nursing Homes Do Not Comply With Infection Preventionist Federal Requirements

October 27, 2024

In August 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a report entitled “Certain For-Profit Nursing Homes May Not Have Complied With Federal Requirements Regarding the Infection Preventionist Position” in which it reported: As of July 2022, there [...]

Letter To Congress Stresses Need For Infection Prevention And Control In Nursing Homes

August 20, 2023

Infection Prevention And Control In Nursing Homes: In its June 16, 2023 letter to the United States Congress, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) stated, “Despite years of government reports sounding the alarm about infection control lapses in nursing[...]

U.S. Department Of Justice Announces National Nursing Home Initiative

June 7, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 3, 2020 the launch of the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents, focusing on some of t[...]

Study Shows Nursing Home Residents Suffer Infections While Their Caregivers Often Escape Responsibility

January 2, 2018

A study conducted by the Kaiser Health News, which is a nonprofit news service focused on health issues that is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, found that 74% of nursing homes in the United States have been cited for lapses in infection control, yet only one in 75 nursing homes that were foun[...]

Prevention Of UTI In Nursing Homes

June 18, 2016

A new study recently presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (“APIC”) that was held in Charlotte, North Carolina from June 11 to June 13, 2016, found little consistency among nursing homes in the United States reg[...]

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1-In-4 For-Profit Nursing Homes Do Not Comply With Infection Preventionist Federal Requirements

Letter To Congress Stresses Need For Infection Prevention And Control In Nursing Homes

U.S. Department Of Justice Announces National Nursing Home Initiative

Study Shows Nursing Home Residents Suffer Infections While Their Caregivers Often Escape Responsibility

Prevention Of UTI In Nursing Homes

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