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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 report reviews the burden of healthcare-associated infections, explores the impetus of mandatory reporting of infection data, and outlines the ...read more

Latest Headlines

Asian Sex Trade Promotes AIDS

HANOI, Vietnam-The sex trade in Asia is growing quickly, leaving AIDS victims in its wake. While many countries in Asia are trying desperately to educate the public about method of infection and prevention of the disease, the attitudes of people are changing and becoming ...More
August 13, 2001
Posted in News
Hepatitis C Epidemic Keeps Researchers Searching for Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif-Physician Karen Seal does not agree with the National Institute of Health (NIH) on hepatitis treatment. While the NIH recommends people with drug addictions not be treated for the viral disease, Seal argues healthcare workers should not discriminate ...More
August 9, 2001
Posted in News
Medical Journals To Follow New Policy

BOSTON-Two prominent American medical journals will no longer let pharmaceutical companies determine conclusions of studies. Instead, editors at The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet will rely on the researchers who conducted the work to write the conclusions ...More
August 8, 2001
Posted in News
Balloon Bouquets Floating Away from Hospitals

PORTLAND, Ore-Standing outside of a local hospital, it is common to see florist vans arriving with the latest bunch of get well flowers and balloons. However, hospitals are beginning to pop those well wishes by banning latex balloons from their healthcare centers. ...More
August 2, 2001
Posted in News
Antibiotic Reduction Campaign Begins in Colorado

DENVER, Colo-Officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have funded a four-year, $2 million information campaign geared toward convincing residents in Colorado that excessive use of antibiotics is dangerous. The advertisements will begin next year on radio and ...More
August 2, 2001
Posted in News
Bacteria Responsible for Wading Pool Infections

BOSTON-Dozens of children in Canada became infected with a bacteria in 1998 after swimming in an Alberta public pool. Officials have determined that heavy chlorination, sterilization of pool equipment, and the elimination of abrasive pool floors could help prevent a similar ...More
August 2, 2001
Posted in News
Personal Protective Equipment: Getting Compliance or Resistance

Personal Protective Equipment: Getting Compliance or Resistance By Karen A. Huggins, MN, RN, CNOR During the past decade, the healthcare industry has provided many technical innovations, safety device equipment and supplies, and research related to healthcare risks and ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease:

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Risks and Prevention of Nosocomial Acquisition By: William A. Rutala, Ph.D., MPH, and David J. Weber, MD, MPH Objectives To understand the epidemiology of spongiform encephalopathies (e.g., Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) including risks of iatrogenic ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
Infection Control Today - 08/2001: Instrumental Knowledge

Cleaning: An Important Prerequisite for Instrument Sterilization and Disinfection By Nancy S. Chu, MS and Martin Favero, PhD Sterilization of instruments in hospitals has been an important part of preventing infections for more than 100 years. In the modern healthcare ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Lab Error May Be Responsible for Two Patient Deaths

PHILADELPHIA, Pa-A laboratory worker's miscalculation may be responsible for the death of two hospital patients at St. Agnes Medical Center south of Philadelphia. There are 932 patients who were given miscalculated prescriptions because of the laboratory error. Between June ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in News