"Somebody is trusting their family member or their loved one into your hands to be a caregiver to them,” says Judi Lacinak, NP. “That's a privilege that we can't take lightly.” ...

A respiratory infection has you feverish, coughing and wheezing -- severely enough to put you in the hospital. You're placed in a private room, which is fine. As sick as you feel, you only vaguely ...

Objective. To explore the range of hospital policies for visitor use of personal protective equipment (PPE) when entering the room of patients under isolation precautions.Design. Survey using an ...

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been rising in the US over the past several years. These precautions include ...

The pace of COVID fatalities in the U.S. has slowed significantly, with the nation’s death toll standing at more than 1 million people. With precautions like mandatory masking no longer in place, it ...