• Short Staffing Can Trigger Risky Shortcuts
    Short Staffing Can Trigger Risky Shortcuts By Craig Robinson Editor's Note: This article is part one of a three-part series focusing on staffing issues in the central sterile department. The rest of the series will appear on our Web site, www.infectioncontroltoday.com, in ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Infection Control Today - 05/2002: Open Forum
    Why Do We Need to Know About Primary Prevention? By Marilyn Hanchett, RN, PhD, CPHQ Triggered by the HIV/AIDs crises and supported by federal mandates, the safety movement in healthcare has fostered the rapid development of safety technology. Those who have practiced since ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Nosocomial Infections: Creating a Roadmap for Surveillance
    Nosocomial Infections: Creating a Roadmap for SurveillanceBy Patricia S. Grant, RN, BSN, MS, CICAn article on nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections can take one of several major paths, including listing all the statistics and financial aspects involved or reviewing the ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Barrier Drapes and Their Impact on Surgical Site Infections
    Barrier Drapes and Their Impact on Surgical Site Infections By Nathan L. Belkin, PhD The need for surgical drapes to be made of barrier-quality materials is recommended on the basis of theoretical rationale, but it has not been supported by unbiased, statistically valid, ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Selecting Safety Blood-Draw Devices Causes Controversy
    Selecting Safety Blood-Draw Devices Causes Controversy By Michael Garvin, MH At is evident that hospitals are embracing the use of safety devices. Laboratory professionals, nurses and phlebotomists have converted to safety blood-draws sets in a record rate in the last year. ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Infection Control Today - 05/2002: Sharps Safety
    Infection Control Today magazine’s virtual roundtable on sharps safety Portex, Inc. 10 Bowman Dr. Keene, N.H. 03431 (800) 258-5361 www.simsportex.com Infection Control Today: While the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2000 helped raise awareness of sharps injuries ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Rethinking the Philosophy of Antimicrobal Drug Design
    Rethinking the Philosophy of Antimicrobal Drug Design By Glen D. Armstrong, PhD To cause infections, microbial pathogens must first tightly adhere to host cell surfaces. This allows pathogenic microbes to oppose cleansing action -- such as the flushing of urine or tears, ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Behind the Scenes at the CDC
    Behind the Scenes at the CDC A Conversation With William R. Jarvis, MD By Kelly M. Pyrek William R. Jarvis, MD, is associate director for program development, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, in the National Center for Infectious Diseases. He has authored or ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Infection Control Today - 05/2002: Success Story
    Centralizing Instrument Decontamination By Susan Bisol, RN, MSN, CNOR and Rodd Bogue, CST When instrument decontamination is decentralized in a healthcare facility, any number of variations can occur. Inadequate cleaning of blood and secretions on surgical instruments can ...More
    May 1, 2002
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  • Infection Control Today - 05/2002: Microbe of the Month
    Microbe of the Month By Roger P. Freeman, DDS You really think your recent bunch of ICT lite-robes qualify for icon status? Have you no sense of history? YOU CAN'T HANDLE HISTORY! 'Cause if you could, you wouldn't have waited this long for my close-up. ( I am only ...More
    May 1, 2002
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