As the Ebola outbreak intensifies in Africa, U.S. hospitals are bracing for a potential influx of patients with the deadly disease.

When the hospital prepares food for its patients, it must prepare the food under certain conditions. What are these conditions?

A surgical quality collaborative in Tennessee allowed 10 hospitals to reduce surgical complications by nearly 20% since 2009, saving at least 533 lives and $75 million in reduced costs.

It's been six years since a group of infection prevention organizations, hospital associations, and regulators assembled to release the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. Now the go-to resource for infection control is getting a...