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Slide Show: World HAI Forum

ICT presents a slide show on experts' views on antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention, based on information discussed at the World HAI Forum held in June 2011. ...More
October 4, 2011
Posted in Galleries
Draft Guidance Calls for More Thorough Infection Prevention Relating to Organ Transplantation

Draft guidelines on organ transplants call for more thorough donor screening and more advanced organ testing to help protect patients from infections transmitted through transplants. The draft from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concerns infections ...More
September 22, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
APIC Provides Free Endoscopy Webinar for ASCA Members

More than two years after Medicare's revised Conditions for Coverage (CfC) for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) went into effect, some endoscopy ASCs still have questions about the best ways to comply with the new infection control standards. Join the Association for ...More
September 21, 2011
Posted in News
Inexpensive Infection Control Measures Could Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars

A new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers finds that adopting an inexpensive set of infection prevention and control measures could potentially save many thousands of lives and billions of dollars. The study appears in the September 2011 issue ...More
September 8, 2011
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, Infections & Pathogens, Policies and Practice
Infection Prevention for Outpatient Care

Infection Control Today magazine and SurgiStrategies magazine present a primer on infection prevention in outpatient care, based on the CDC's new guidance for ambulatory surgery centers. ...More
July 28, 2011
Posted in Galleries, Policies and Practice
Infection Prevention in Outpatient, LTC Facilities

As healthcare delivery evolves, institutions and systems are expanding their campuses to include ambulatory and long-term care facilities. And for infection preventionists working in stand-alone facilities, they must stay up to date on infection prevention imperatives. ...More
July 19, 2011
Posted in Articles, Infections & Pathogens
CDC Releases Infection Prevention Guide to Promote Safe Outpatient Care

Medical care in outpatient settings has surged in recent years, yet in many cases, adherence to standard infection prevention practices in outpatient settings is lacking. To protect patients and help educate clinicians about minimum expectations of safe care, the Centers ...More
July 13, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens, Policies and Practice
New Assessment Tool Improves Infection Control in Developing Countries

The burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is large in developing countries, and there is an urgent need to improve HAI prevention in these nations. In a presentation at the International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC) held in Geneva, ...More
July 5, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Aims to Reduce Risk of Wrong-Site Surgery

Healthcare professionals and patients all agree that wrong-site surgery is a serious and preventable adverse event that should never happen. Although reporting is not mandatory in most states, some estimates put the national incidence rate, which includes wrong patient, ...More
June 29, 2011
Posted in News
Duct Tape Strategy Improves Infection Prevention

A simple roll of duct tape has proven to be an inexpensive solution to the costly and time-consuming problem of communicating with hospital patients who are isolated with dangerous infections. A 504-bed Midwestern health system saved up to 2,700 hours and $110,000 a year by ...More
June 27, 2011
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions