Infection Prevention

APIC Announces Two Free Implementation Guides for Infection Prevention

The Association for Professionals in Infection and Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announces the release of two free implementation guides for infection prevention, available as free online downloads from the association website at www.apic.org. Developed by teams of ...More
April 3, 2013
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, Policies and Practice
Slide Show: Infection Control Breaches in the Operating Room

ICT presents highlights from the results of an annual survey of perioperative professionals regarding infection control breaches in the operating room. ...More
March 20, 2013
Posted in Galleries
3M Teams With AORN, IAHCSMM, SIS and Practice Greenhealth to Ignite OneTogether Movement

3M Infection Prevention and founding partners, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and Practice Greenhealth have joined together ...More
March 4, 2013
Posted in News
Prescribing Prevention: Why Infection Control is the Best Medicine

Imagine walking into your doctor’s office, after being evaluated, you wait anxiously for the physician to return with their “magic” prescription pad that will no doubt conjure up some new super antibiotic to cure all that ails you. After all, you’re not so concerned with ...More
February 12, 2013
Posted in Articles, Policies and Practice
APIC Presents Top 10 Ways to Prevent Infection in the New Year

The idea of a new year represents a fresh start and an opportunity to make resolutions to achieve specific goals. What about setting some New Year’s resolutions to prevent infections before they ever happen to you?Beyond the obvious—steering clear of runny noses and hacking ...More
January 15, 2013
Posted in News, Policies and Practice
National Awards to Recognize Best Practices in Reducing or Eliminating HAIs

Teams of critical care professionals and healthcare institutions with a record of reducing or eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are encouraged to submit their best practices to a national awards program. In the third year of this three-year initiative, the ...More
December 5, 2012
Posted in News, Policies and Practice
Horizontal Infection Prevention Strategy Reduces MRSA Infections, Increases Patient Safety

High compliance with hand hygiene and focusing on other simple infection control measures on medical, surgical and neuroscience intensive care units resulted in reduced rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection by 95 percent in a nine-year study, ...More
October 24, 2012
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
APIC Launches Consumer Infection Prevention Campaign

Building on its major educational campaign Infection Prevention and You focusing on hospital infection prevention, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) introduced educational materials for long-term care, home care, and ambulatory ...More
October 17, 2012
Posted in News
2012 Partnership in Prevention Award Winner Honored for Achievements in Eliminating HAIs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) today recognized the Saint Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital with ...More
October 15, 2012
Posted in News, Policies and Practice
CareFusion Foundation Launches $500,000 Grant Program to Support Infection Prevention Best Practices

The CareFusion Foundation announces the launch of a new $500,000 grant program to help identify and share infection prevention best practices across hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide. In addition, CareFusion Corp. is launching a virtual "I Pledge" wall, ...More
October 15, 2012
Posted in News