Nearly 200 stakeholders, who convened at Premier healthcare alliance and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition’s open meeting, developed 22 safe injection practices. Proceedings, background materials ...

Ambulatory surgery centers have made significant strides over the past several years in improving their infection prevention efforts, says Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, president of Infection Control ...

The Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation has released a briefing on safe injection practices, including specific recommendations for risk assessment, policy development and performance ...

An infographic created by the One & Only Campaign explains four key practices necessary for safe injections. The infographic is one of the new resources on safe injection best practices the CDC and ...

New guidance published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) provides clear advice to reduce avoidable errors on all steps of the pathway involving injectable medications ...

Safe injection practices are essential for protecting both patients and healthcare providers from preventable harm. From proper site selection and aseptic preparation to correct disposal, mastering ...

{mosads}The agency believes the figure does “not represent the full extent” of the trend because it is difficult to link infections to specific healthcare facilities. In its report, the GAO ...

Local elected officials, public health experts, and advocates expressed disappointment over Governor Jerry Brown's veto of the safe injection site pilot program bill, with some vowing to continue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Safe injection sites for opioid users may soon be permitted in three California cities after the state’s senate passed a bill ...