Infection Control

Abdominal Wound Infection After Liposuction

The latest issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases reports on a case of Mycobacterium chelonae abdominal wound infection after liposuction performed under local anesthesia at an outpatient medical office.The researchers’ goal was to determine whether other cases of ...More
June 16, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
ICT Launches Online Chat Forum

Infection Control Today has officially launched ICTalk, an online forum for the infection control community. Located at http://www.forum.infectioncontroltoday.com/, this free forum allows users to share information, ask questions and interact with other community members. ...More
June 15, 2010
Posted in News
Study Finds Lapses in Infection Control Practices at ASCs

An assessment of nearly 70 ambulatory surgical centers in three states found that lapses in infection control were common, including for practices such as hand hygiene, injection and medication safety and equipment reprocessing, according to a study in the June 9 issue of ...More
June 10, 2010
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene
HHS Issues Statement on Recent Study of Infection Control Practices in ASCs

Health and Human Services Department (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the following statement: "Today, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare ...More
June 9, 2010
Posted in News
National Initiative to Reduce Infections in Cardiac Surgery is Announced

Underscoring the importance of the infection rate information released by the CDC, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) Foundation today announced that the FOCUS Cardiac Surgery Patient Safety Initiative will develop, test and validate tools to eliminate ...More
June 1, 2010
Posted in News
HHS Secretary Issues Statement on HAI Prevention Progress

The secretary of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department, Kathleen Sebelius, has issued the following statement: “Today, we are releasing a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which shows our nation is making progress ...More
May 27, 2010
Posted in News
Product Evaluation for Infection Prevention

ICT asked Jan Creidenberg, vice president of global marketing for infection prevention at CareFusion, for his perspective on product evaluation, the economics of infection prevention, and more. Q: What suggestions can you offer infection preventionists in terms of smart ...More
May 24, 2010
Posted in Articles
APIC Develops Program Evaluation Tool to Help Make the Business Case for Needed Resources

In the wake of healthcare cuts affecting essential programs such as infection prevention and control, the nation’s largest infection prevention association has designed a tool to help professionals assess the resources needed to improve patient safety. The “IP ...More
May 24, 2010
Posted in Articles
New York Health System Demonstrates the Power of Aiming for Zero Infections

When the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (NSLIJHS) in Great Neck, N.Y., sets its sights on achieving as close to a zero tolerance of infections as possible, it knew it faced an intricate and complex journey, but according to Karen Nelson, RN, vice president of ...More
May 18, 2010
Posted in Articles
Achieving Zero Infections is Our Greatest Challenge

All around the world prevention and reduction of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is undergoing a resurgence. Levels of media, public, business and political engagement in HAI prevention and reduction in the developed world are unprecedented. Regardless, achieving ...More
May 18, 2010
Posted in Articles