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A new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates the effectiveness of using antimicrobial soap and ointment on all intensive-care unit (ICU) patients to reduce the burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

In the beginning was the mop; in the middle was the mop; and, we still have the mop. The basic tools used to clean rooms, even hospital rooms, haven’t evolved a great deal over the past decades.

All buildings in the Mount Clemens Community School District are closed for cleaning today after a teacher and a paraprofessional at the high school were diagnosed with MRSA infections.

Questions about infection control; asked by you and answered by our experts.

With rates and deaths associated with Clostridium difficile at historically high levels, many hospitals have taken extra steps to reduce these infections.

The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) is directing facilities to guidelines published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent the spread of CRE.

Cleaning professionals need to take precautions to help control the spread of the influenza virus, norovirus and other pathogens in their facilities.