T he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finalized its guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis against bacterial sexually transmitted infections on Tuesday. For groups at higher risk of ...

Infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says he’s “supportive” of the new guidelines.

Photo: Liz Highleyman The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first proposed guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually ...

Medical experts advise for people not to let their guards down as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues new COVID-19 isolation guidelines. The CDC dropped its five-day isolation ...

In the 1990s, the committee added recommendations to CDC's earlier guidance, and in 2002, HICPAC released updated recommendations underscoring the use of alcohol-based hand rubs and routine ...

The agency last revised the guidelines, "Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings," in 2007, and now the group that advises the CDC on infection ...

The changes include new guidance for when to stay home when sick, when people should test for COVID-19 and when to put on masks. Here's the latest about the CDC's new recommendations.

The checklist, “Infection Prevention Checklist for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care,” is a companion to the new CDC Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: ...

The tool is intended to help hospitals assess the efficiency and adequacy of existing infection control programs and also offers recommendations for improvement. The tool is comprised of 21 modules ...