Infection Control Today Magazine - healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), hospital infections, infection prevention and control, healthcare epidemiology, aseptic technique, environmental hygiene, hand hygiene, disinfection and sterilization, outbreak investigation, surveillance

FEATURES

CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

Latest Headlines

Ebola Outbreak Claims Mother, Child: Death Toll Rises to 20

LIBREVILLE, Gabon-Within the central African jungle, the mysterious virus Ebola has once again emerged, killing 27 in two countries within the last month. Government officials in Gabon confirmed the death of a mother and child in the village of Mekambo this week. Health ...More
January 17, 2002
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
LaMonica Clams Possibly Contaminated

CAPE MAY, NJ-Officials from Cape May Foods are asking people to check their pantries; cans of LaMonica brand of chopped clams may be contaminated with the potentially fatal Clostridium botulinum--botulism. The company was contacted after consumers called to report swollen ...More
January 14, 2002
Posted in News
Antibody Shows Positive Results in Hep C Trial

REHOVOT, Israel-Officials from XTL Biopharmaceuticals are reporting positive results of the first monoclonal antibody to treat hepatitis C (HCV). XTL-002, the company's monoclonal antibody, has been tested in Phase 1a studies and has reportedly reduced HCV and RNA levels in ...More
January 14, 2002
Posted in News
Kaposi's Sarcoma Infected San Francisco Before AIDS

SAN FRANCISCO-Researchers from the University of California have discovered Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) had potentially infected 25% of the gay male population in San Francisco in 1978-several years before the AIDS epidemic began. It was previously thought the rare form of skin ...More
January 11, 2002
Posted in News
Report: Colonscopies Best Method of Colorectal Cancer Screening

NEW YORK-A new report from a team of researchers at the Veterans Health Services Research and Development in Ann Arbor, Mich, suggests colonoscopies performed at ages 50 and 60 are the most efficacious screening method for colorectal cancer. Sandeep Vijan, MD, headed ...More
January 10, 2002
Posted in News
Eli Lilly, Vertex Pair to Fight Hepatitis

CAMBRIDGE, Mass-In 1997, officials from pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly decided to take a chance on a new biotechnology company, Vertex, by investing some $10 million. Five years later, the two companies have come together to announce Phase I clinical trial expectations of a ...More
January 9, 2002
Posted in News
AORN, Kimberly-Clark Host 6th Annual Infectious Disease Conference

ROSWELL, Ga-Healthcare workers from the US, and Korea joined together at Kimberly-Clark's corporate facility in Roswell, Ga, to discuss the latest in infectious diseases December 3-5. "The knowledge that perioperative healthcare providers have with regard to expeditious ...More
January 9, 2002
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Japanese Agriculture Officials Resign: Criticized for Mad Cow Outbreak

TOKYO-Two top agriculture officials in Japan have resigned after being publicly blamed for the island nation's recent brush with bovine spongiform encephelopathy (BSE)-also known as Mad Cow disease. Hideaki Kumazawa, vice minister of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, ...More
January 7, 2002
Posted in News
Measle Vaccination Campaign Fans Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan-While hard to believe, there is a killer in Afghanistan more elusive than the greatly hunted Osama bin Laden. The virus responsible for causing measles is a cunning killer in a country where vaccinations are a luxury. Officials at the UN Children's Fund ...More
January 7, 2002
Posted in News
Infection Control Today - 01/2002: Healthcare Workers Exposed

Healthcare Workers Exposed: Chemicals Necessary, Dangerous By Kelli M. Donley Chemicals are omnipresent in American society. From crop dusters ensuring the next season's fruits and vegetables, antifreeze protecting engines from the chilly winter, and caffeine coursing ...More
January 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions