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Ruth Carrico Appointed to HICPAC

A faculty member at the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences has been selected to advise national healthcare leaders on infection control policy. Ruth Carrico, PhD, is one of 14 experts appointed to a committee that will provide guidance ...More
May 18, 2011
Posted in News
APIC Reports HICPAC ‘s Adoption of H1N1 Recommendations

APIC is reporting today that the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) on July 23 recommended changes to the CDC's Interim Guidance for Infection Control for Care of Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection ...More
July 29, 2009
Posted in News
Catheters Give Life but Sometimes Take It

Central venous catheters (CVCs) are becoming increasingly popular in outpatient and inpatient settings to provide long-term venous access. Their benefit is undeniable, but there are consequences and they can be startling. CVCs disrupt skin integrity and therefore leave the ...More
April 16, 2008
Posted in Articles
CS Workers Find Recent Updates Helpful, Look Forward to January HICPAC Standards

In this new year, more central service (CS) community members will become familiar with two sterilization standards that were updated in late 2006, and will also find help from another update that is expected any time in January 2008. Perhaps most important is ST79, a ...More
December 20, 2007
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
Striving for Cleanliness

Pathogen resistance is deadly. It is a very real problem in and away from healthcare entities, and extends way beyond antibiotic resistance related to infection-fighting in the human body. Mountains of evidence prove that bacteria have an “immense capacity” to respond to ...More
December 20, 2007
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
Persistence of Nosocomial Pathogens Requires Proper Environmental Cleaning

The jury is still out in terms of industry agreement on the degree to which the healthcare environment serves as a reservoir for a variety of infectious microorganisms. In its 2003 guidelines addressing environmental infection control in healthcare facilities, the ...More
November 27, 2007
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Toc September 2007

Team Clean Environmental Services & Infection Prevention Unite in the Battle Against Bugs By Danielle Mayheux Team Clean Environmental Services & Infection Prevention Unite in the Battle Against Bugs By Danielle Mayheux Battling Biofilm Sticky Substance Provides ...More
September 1, 2007
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
An Industry Waits in Anticipation

Members of the infection control community have expected the official release of an updated set of guidelines on disinfection and sterilization since June 2007, but an ostensibly innocuous-looking formula has stalled the progress of this Centers for Disease Control and ...More
September 1, 2007
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
HICPAC Releases Updated Isolation Guidelines

Infection control practitioners (ICPs) and their colleagues need every possible tool at their disposal to prevent and beat infections. Guidelines are one such tool and since germs and technology keep changing, guidelines must follow suit.One important set of guidelines by ...More
September 1, 2007
Posted in Articles
Identifying Appropriate Measures of Healthcare Performance

HICPAC Issues Guidance Document on Mandatory Reporting of HAIs By Kelly Pyrek The concept of mandatory reporting of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) has caught fire among legislators, healthcare policy-makers, and clinicians looking to address a long-standing public ...More
May 1, 2005
Posted in Articles

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