Nurses have many patient care opportunities in which to educate consumers on safe piercing environments. Clean, well-lit facilities are one indication of good infection control practices.

To provide safe and effective care for patients with body piercings, nurses must become more knowledgeable about this increasingly common practice. Competent nursing care is more than simply ...

Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

These piercings likely signaled a person's membership in a group, according to John Willman, a biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, but they also caused teeth to move.

This may include avoiding body piercings, tattoos, and elective or cosmetic surgeries. If you have surgery or develop an injury, proper wound care may help you prevent a keloid. Steps to prevent a ...