HOT TOPICS
The Pathogen Podium
 |
|
07/30/2010
Your Bed: It's a Jungle of Microscopic CrittersOf course we know that we serve as a host to billions of microorganisms inside and on our bodies. |
|
07/27/2010
Where Technology and Evidence-Based Practices MeetTechnology is playing an important role in how infection prevention practices are being implemented, monitored and measured. Electronics, informatics and automation have greatly changed the traditional ways of upholding infection control principles -- it is my hope that these changes are for the better. Having attended the Decennial meeting in March and more recently the APIC annual meeting this ... |
|
07/19/2010
ICT Debuts New Web Site as Part of "Next-Generation" TransformationInfection Control Today magazine unveiled its new Web site at the annual meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention and Epidemiology (APIC), held in New Orleans July 11-15. |
|
07/09/2010
Hand Hygiene: The Forgotten BasicsThe basics of hand hygiene are often forgotten, according to CDC epidemiologist Kate Ellingson, PhD. |
|
07/07/2010
Patient Centric Healthcare and Infection PreventionWhat kind of leader will Dr. Donald Berwick be, if he becomes the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)? ... |
|
06/25/2010
Boston MedWhile summer television leaves much to be desired, the new documentary Boston Med seems to be the exception. |
|
06/21/2010
SHEA Survey: Field Needs Increased ResearchThe July issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (Vol. 31, No. 7) features an article that no infection preventionist should miss: “Charting the Course for the Future of Science in Healthcare Epidemiology: Results of a Survey of the Membership of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America.” The piece is a report from the Research Committee of the Society of ... |