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Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology

Infection Control Today invited manufacturers of automated hand hygiene monitoring systems to provide information that will assist infection ...read more

Decolonization and MRSA Reduction

A new study shows that using germ-killing soap and ointment on all ICU patients can reduce bloodstream infections by up to 44 percent and ...read more

Importance of Environmental Cleaning

This Report provides a glimpse inside the experiences of infection preventionists relating to the evaluation and monitoring of environmental cleaning ...read more

Healthcare Associated Infections

This special Pulse issue reviews the burden of healthcare-associated infections, explores the impetus of mandatory reporting of infection data, and ...read more

Latest Headlines

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
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
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
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
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
Success Story

Success Story Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections By Lynette Smith, RN, BSN, CIC During the past 10 months, LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh, Inc. has compared data of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) among its long-term acute care ...More
January 1, 2002
Posted in Articles
Infection Control Today - 01/2002: Microbe of the Month

Microbe of the Month By Roger P. Freeman, DDS You lookin' at me? 'Cause I'm lookin' back at you. Truth be told, I am one personality-potentiated parasite. You may not want to get too up-close-and-personal, though, 'cause while I'm smilin' on the outside, I will grip and rip ...More
January 1, 2002
Posted in Articles
January References

January References "Healthcare Workers Exposed: Chemicals Necessary, Dangerous," by Kelli M. Donley, page 12. 1. Buck, KM. "Disinfectant Safety." Infection Control Today. May, 2000, p. 16 2. www.atsdr.cdc.gov 3. www.ccohs.ca 4. "Dartmouth Researcher ...More
January 1, 2002
Posted in Articles
Going Boldly into the 21st Century and Beyond

Going Boldly into the 21st Century and Beyond New Technology Will Revolutionize Central Service and Sterile Processing By Bryant C. Broder, CSPDT, ACSP and Michael Murphy, ACSP We were definitely two of those kids in the '60s that couldn't get enough Star Trek or science ...More
January 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Infection Control Today - 01/2002: Infection Control, Bioterrorism Control

Infection Control, Bioterrorism Control By Susan Harris, RN, BS, CIC, Gretchen Himes, RN, BSN, Denise G. Nesselrodt, RN, MSN, CIC, Lanette L. Rhodes, RN, BS, CIC, and John H. Armstrong, MD Although the concept of a bioterrorist threat or attack might be a hoax or near miss, ...More
January 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions