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Nursing Home Infection Rates Rising In Pennsylvania

September 9, 2026

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) is the largest patient safety data repository of its kind in the United States, containing over 5.8 million reports, including more than 473,000 long-term care (LTC) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) reports. A study entitled Long-Term C[...]

Updated Guidance For Prevention And Control Of Infections In Nursing Homes

December 31, 2025

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 America (IDSA), the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Society (PALTmed), and the American Geriatrics[...]

Study Investigated Multidrug-Resistant Organisms In VA Nursing Homes

July 14, 2025

The study reported: “Nursing home (NH) residents in the United States routinely attend interactive visits for services such as therapy or dialysis, creating opportunities for pathogen transmission. A paucity of studies exist which delineate spread of pathogens beyond residents’ in-room envir[...]

New York Enacts Nursing Home Law To Protect Nursing Home Residents From Infection And Keep Loved Ones Informed

March 30, 2023

New York Enacts Nursing Home Law: On December 7, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will require residential health care facilities to swiftly update residents as well as their family members and guardians when an infection is detected within the facility. It also requires [...]

OIG Report: 44% Of Nursing Homes Cited For Infection Prevention And Control Deficiencies

November 6, 2022

44% Of Nursing Homes Cited For Infection Prevention Deficiencies: The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report in July 2022 entitled “Certain Nursing Homes May Not Have Complied With Federal Requirements for Infection Prevention an[...]

Recent Study Finds Nursing Home Infection Rates Rising In U.S.

October 11, 2014

A study conducted by the Columbia University School of Nursing that investigated infection rates in nursing homes in the United States over a five-year period (2006 to 2010) found increased rates of infections involving urinary tract infections (UTIs), septicemia, viral hepatitis, wound infections[...]

C. Difficile Infections

March 11, 2012

C. difficile (Clostridium difficile) infections remain one of the most serious and common healthcare-associated infections (“HAI”). In recent years, efforts in the U.S. to address and reduce HAIs in hospitals have met with some success, except for C. difficile infections. One reason f[...]

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