The CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule was affected by the Omnibus Burden Reduction Final Rule. Check out ASPR TRACIE’s recently updated facility-specific requirement overviews that reflect these changes…
Thirty-three people have been sickened by salmonella at four healthcare facilities in Southeastern Pennsylvania, in many cases after eating pre-cut fruit from a New Jersey…
Influenza has now been declared prevalent in New York State by New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released its updated Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States (AR Threats Report) indicating that antibiotic-resistant bacteria and…
The rise in cases of Legionnaires’ disease prompted a recent state inspection of Missouri facilities that found several that tested positive for the potentially deadly…
Boston — A Tewksbury woman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on charges of diverting morphine while employed as a nurse in…
Cases of Legionnaires’ disease reached a record high in 2018 — a more than eight-fold increase since the numbers began to climb nearly two decades…
A small fire at the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing caused the evacuation of several residents and staff members Sunday morning.
The regulatory push to reduce antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes may be correlated to a rise in risk factors for avoidable and non-avoidable hospitalization among…
A small fire at a nursing home in New Milford caused 16 people to be hospitalized due to smoke conditions on Thursday morning, police said.