Welcome to the ICT E-Update for Tuesday, December 11, 2007 A Call to Action: Eliminating Healthcare-Associated Infections Poll of Infection Prevention Professionals Reveals MRSA Prevention Progress Six Months After National Survey Researcher Asks Where and When the Next Disease Outbreak Could Happen Vaccine Shows Promise in Preventing Mono Some Common Treatments for Sinus Infections May Not Be Effective New Software to Aid Early Detection of Infectious Disease Outbreaks CBSPD Launches Inaugural Exam for Flexible Endoscope Reprocessors Register for the 2nd Annual ICT Conference and Take Your Professional Development to the Next Level!
New and Noteworthy from ICT
Emerging Infectious Diseases Pose Threat but are Largely Preventable, CDC Says
This Week's Hot News
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A poll of infection prevention professionals conducted six months after the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's (APIC's) national MRSA Prevalence Study indicated that while 59 percent of the 2,100 who responded are adopting or have already adopted interventions to address methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), 50 percent said their healthcare facility is not doing as much as it could or should to stop the transmission of MRSA. To read the rest of the article, CLICK HERE.
The second annual ICT Conference on Professional Development, to be held
Free Webinars
"Oral Care is Critical Care"
This pre-recorded Webinar is available beginning Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 at 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT
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"Guess Who's Coming to Surgery?"
This pre-recorded Webinar is available beginning Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 at 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT
Sponsored by: Kimberly-Clark Knowledge Network
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