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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

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MRI: Use, Safety, and Patient Care

MRI: Use, Safety, and Patient Care By Donald Woodward Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has evolved to become one of the most valuable diagnostic tools ever developed. MRI's ability to provide unprecedented visualization of internal organs and structures without using X-rays ...More
May 1, 2001
Posted in Articles
Sterilization in a Flash

Sterilization in a Flash Not a quick fix, flash sterilization requires discipline to be effective By Charles O. Hancock, RAC Many OR users consider flash sterilization to be some kind of magic process that solves a multitude of inventory problems. In fact, use of flash ...More
May 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Positive Benefits Arise From Hospital Pollution Prevention Programs

Positive Benefits Arise From Hospital Pollution Prevention Programs By Jack S. McGurk, MPA, REHS In response to the memorandum of understanding between the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), hospitals are ...More
May 1, 2001
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Cementatious Considerations for Medical Waste Solidification

Cementatious Considerations for Medical Waste Solidification By Mark A. Ceaser The most common cause for alarm in the medical field pertaining to waste disposal is the exposure of the worker to infectious wastes and contraction of diseases from these wastes. With the ...More
May 1, 2001
Posted in Articles
The Benefits of Ultrasonic Cleaning

The Benefits of Ultrasonic Cleaning By Lawrence F. Muscarella, PhD Growth in minimally invasive surgery has spawned the development of complex endoscopic instruments designed to accommodate the physician's surgical technique. However, to the frustration and dismay of many ...More
May 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Infection Control Today - 05/2001: Sterilization

Low-Temperature SterilizationBy Cynthia Spry, RNIncreasingly, operating rooms (ORs) are pressured to carry out heavier workloads, turn rooms over with less downtime, and reduce costs with little or no increase in instrument inventory. In such situations, maximal use of ...More
May 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Maintaining Intact Skin During Handwashing:

Maintaining Intact Skin During Handwashing: The First Line of Defense Against the Chain of Septic Flow By Thomas L. Kovach, MA Intact Skin: The First Line of Defense. Infection control professionals conclude that proper handwashing by nursing staff, physicians, and patients ...More
May 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
How To Perform Surgical Hand Scrubs

How To Perform Surgical Hand ScrubsBy Deborah Gardner, LPN, OPAC, and Ellen Anderson-Manz, RN, BSNHuman hands are the most important tools for caring. Hands feel, diagnose, cure, prod, and provoke as they are placed upon each patient who is hoping for answers, ...More
May 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
AORN Links with Unibased Systems

DENVER, Co-The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has decided to incorporate the nursing data set with Unibased Systems Architecture (USA). The standardized nursing vocabulary developed by AORN identifies data elements and nursing language common to ...More
April 26, 2001
Posted in News
Greiner Bio-One Vacuette Moves

MONROE, NC-Greiner Bio-one VACUETTE, manufacturer of plastic blood collection tubes, closed capillary collection systems has moved into a new manufacturing facility in Monroe, North Carolina. The facility has been designed specifically for the manufacturing company. It is ...More
April 26, 2001
Posted in News