Infection Control Today Magazine

Business/Program Ops

Making the business case for infection prevention is one of the most critical aspects of the operation of a hospital-based infection prevention program. Healthcare economics are important to properly resourcing and running the acute-care infection prevention and control program

Better Together: The RN and the EHR

With the prodding of new federal legislation, electronic health records (EHRs) are rapidly becoming part of the daily practice of hospital nurses – the frontline providers of care. In the first large study of its kind, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, Policies and Practice
FDA, AAMI Examine Medical Device Reprocessing Issues

Reprocessing medical devices is an intricate, complicated task, and lapses in infection prevention practices can lead to poor patient outcomes and infections. Cognizant of these implications and the role that medical device preprocessing plays in the larger healthcare ...More
5 weeks ago
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Policies and Practice
OSHA Explores Infectious Exposure Issues

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is continuing to examine occupational exposure to infectious agents in healthcare settings, and members of the infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology communities are weighing in with their perspectives as ...More
5 weeks ago
Posted in Articles, Policies and Practice, PPE & Standard Precautions
NHSN Reporting: A Q&A with Linda R. Greene, RN, MPS, CIC

To gain perspective on what NHSN reporting means to infection preventionists (IPs), ICT consulted Linda R. Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, the director of infection prevention for Rochester General Health System in Rochester, N.Y. ...More
5 weeks ago
Posted in Articles, Policies and Practice
Slide Show: 2012 Regulatory Update

ICT presents highlights from the 2012 Regulatory Update which appeared in the January print issue. ...More
5 weeks ago
Posted in Galleries, Policies and Practice
2011 Year in Review: Policies and Practice

ICT celebrates the end of the year by bringing you a review of the top news items and articles from 2011 related to policies and practice. ...More
December 29, 2011
Posted in News, Policies and Practice
Workload Poll Results

ICT announces the results of the latest poll on infection preventionists' workloads. ...More
July 18, 2011
Posted in Blog, Policies and Practice
Going Live With Electronic Surveillance

It is the rare infection preventionist (IP) who has not daydreamed at some point about automating components of their infection prevention and control program by going live with an electronic surveillance system. It is also the rare IP who has not been surprised by some of ...More
July 11, 2011
Posted in Articles, Policies and Practice
A Multi-Dimensional Team Approach Solves MRSA Challenge

Persistence is the cornerstone of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention program at Nash Health Care. Through our multidisciplinary approach, we focused intensely on hand hygiene, contact precautions and environmental cleaning. We also felt that ...More
June 27, 2011
Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions
Unified Infection Prevention: The Key to Targeting Zero HAIs

Infection preventionists face a challenging and often times daunting task meeting the day-to-day regulatory requirements for public reporting of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified hand hygiene as the ...More
June 27, 2011
Posted in Articles