Tori Whitacre Martonicz, MA

In this first installment of 3, Infection Control Today® presents a personal story of how sepsis can enter central lines, and how it affects the entire family.

The best disinfectant needs to be fast-acting and remain wet for the entire contact time in a single application. What else is required?

Infection Control Today® talks to Shannon Simmons, DHSc, MPH, CIC, about her work with the APIC's Cleaning, Disinfection, Sterilization Conference and her position as an ambulatory infection preventionist.

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology released a statement on how to protect against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

Vaccines are one of the best weapons scientists have against pandemics. What can scientists and medical professionals do to prepare better vaccines for the next pandemic?

Infection Control Today's® Product Locator is a monthly column highlighting some of the latest advanced technology in the infection prevention field.

Reluctance to receive the influenza vaccine continues despite years-long campaigns to increase vaccination rates. William Schaffner, MD, speaks to ICT® about how health care workers can respond to the most common questions and assure of the vaccine’s safety and efficacy.

The study's investigators noted that adequate hand hygiene in the OT by nonsterile health care workers and surgeons is vital to prevent post-operative wound infections.

A long-time user of sharps tells of his challenges with and gratitude for sharps.

Any decrease in the devastation of Clostridioides difficile is welcomed, but an investigative team brought the numbers down by 50%. See what control measures they used.

A student-led COVID-19 contact-tracer program reduced exposures and infections at start of the pandemic.

Most often, the first place a patient enters a hospital is through the emergency department and sometimes by emergency medical services. Where else to better stop Clostridioides difficile from coming into the hospital than at the entrance?

While treatments are available for hepatitis B virus, no long-term cure has been developed. Progress so far indicates that this core inhibitor candidate is potentially ready for clinical studies.

Hebah Ibrahim Al Zamel, MSN, CIC, CPHQ, currently living in Dubai discusses becoming a member of the APIC CDS Education Committee and what infection prevention is like in Dubai.

Extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) are 2 of the leading causes of severe sepsis, and Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson is developing vaccines to fight those diseases.

What can the individual do, especially those who are underserved, to protect themselves against sexually transmitted infections, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, and complicated with monkeypox.

While sequencing-based diagnostics have been used since the 1970s, only recently has the technology been used for infectious diseases.

From safety to infection control, facial recognition in health care facilities is a new tool to keep both patients and staff safe from workplace violence.

Infection Control Today's® Product Locator is a monthly column highlighting some of the latest advanced technology in the infection prevention field.

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.

Can antimicrobial products withstand day-to-day real-life wear and tear if the antimicrobial material is part of the product and not only a coating? A study in Switzerland tried to find out.

Temporary isolation wards were used continually throughout 2021, during a surge in community transmission driven by the COVID-19 Delta variant, but were the wards effective in keeping down environmental transmission?

Giving and receiving the correct information is vital to alleviate patients' reservations and fears. The recent monkeypox outbreak has caused concern and misinformation. ICT® has the answers health care workers need.

Several previously healthy children were admitted for suspected hepatitis and tested positive for human adenovirus. Was there a connection?

Investigators search for increased speed, reliability, and durability in susceptibility testing for C difficile.

Virtual reality training is the next step in coaching proper hand hygiene and other medical techniques. Learn the details in an interview about VR and the Clean Hospital Day Conference.

A recent study demonstrates a tool to help physicians better diagnose the cause of fevers in children.

Pierre Parneix, MD, speaks with Infection Control Today® on his work as the president of the French Society for Hospital Hygiene, his work with the Clean Hospitals, and his outlook on France’s fight against infectious disease in the near future.

Antimicrobial resistance is a global phenomenon, but what would happen if clinicians could begin the fight one zip code at a time? A newly launched tool from epocrates, a medical information company, is going to help do just that.

Environmental hygiene issues are rampant throughout every country in the world. From not enough resources to too few personnel, hospitals face difficulties that put patients at risk.