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Environmental Hygiene Environmental Hygiene: What We Know from Scientific Studies A renewed interest in the healthcare environment and to what degree surface contamination contributes to the spread of infectious pathogens is driving a growing body of research in this area. The [...] Asking the Right Questions Guides Solutions to Improving Cleanliness Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization: Best Practices More... Sponsored by	Disinfection and Sterilization Efforts to Address Medical Device Reprocessing Encompass Design, Human Factors Following a two-day summit convened by the FDA and AAMI in October 2011, AAMI released a post-event publication in December 2011 that captured the essence of the summit, outlined the priorities, and [...] Practical Insights on Endoscope Reprocessing Dissecting the Dirty Instruments Issue in Healthcare Facilities More... Sponsored by
Sharps Safety The Sharps Safety Agenda: Acknowledging Past Progress, Working Toward the Future Capitalizing on the momentum created by a 2010 conference, a new consensus statement released this spring focuses on the future of the prevention of needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries and [...] Sharps Safety and OSHA Compliance: Staying on the Right Side of the Law Choosing the Best Design for Intravenous Needleless Connectors to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections More...	Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protection: Compliance, Research are Key Issues for the Future Ensuring healthcare worker compliance with donning proper respiratory protection when it is warranted remains a challenge for infection preventionists and is a continued area of study by researchers [...] OSHA Explores Infectious Exposure Issues Addressing the Challenges of PPE Non-Compliance More...
General Infection Prevention Product Evaluation and Purchasing Individuals who participate in the product evaluation and purchasing process within their healthcare organization are cogs in a very large wheel that moves the U.S. healthcare industry forward. [...] Five Effective Ways to Prevent Harm APIC Creates Vision for the Future of Infection Preventionists' Competencies, Contributions to Quality Improvement More...	Hand Hygiene, Skin Prep and Skin Integrity WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework The World Health Organization (WHO) taught the global healthcare community that there are five critical moments in hand hygiene that can make or break infection prevention efforts. Now, using a [...] Uncovering the Mystery of Type IV Allergies Hand Hygiene Monitoring Goes High-Tech More...

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