Tori Whitacre Martonicz

As an oversight agency for the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Inspector General is responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of Medicare and Medicaid programs, with a huge priority being patient care. These toolkits provide additional guidance on how to avoid patient injury.

A relatively new threat, the Candida auris fungus has become a dangerous agent due to its ability to form biofilms, which help it survive and spread infections within the environment.

Experts discuss how implementation science integrates research findings and evidence-based guidelines into health care services to improve quality and effectiveness.

A presentation at the APIC 2023 annual conference was about reducing the unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic bacteria, and the presenters shared some of the successful strategies they have implemented at their hospital.

Association of periOperative Registered Nurses received recognition from the Denver Business Journal for its efforts in promoting diversity and inclusion within its program that aims to improve nurses’ ability to address health disparities among underserved patient populations.

For effective communication, infection preventionists and construction crews must understand each other's professional terminology. A resource tracer can be developed to ensure that both teams communicate the proper completion of work.

New Haven's infection prevention department created a procedure to identify and manage COVID-19 cases in BH units based on literature findings about how it spreads.

What are risk assessments? How are they done? Two experts explained them in an entertaining and informative presentation at the APIC 2023 conference in Orlando, Florida.

Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) can cause harm to patients or even lead to fatalities, while also resulting in additional expenses for hospitals.

Reducing tests has benefits like better antibiotic use and fewer hospital infections. It can also prevent some cases of catheter-associated UTIs.

To celebrate 40 years, the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology wants to showcase the certification milestones on their website.

Infection Control Today speaks with the CEO of Blue Water Biotech about how to get around antimicrobial resistance and why there may not be a need for more antibiotic creation.

Lifetime's new short film educates viewers on preventing meningitis B, which can cause the devastating loss of loved ones and features Soleil Moon Frye and Melissa Joan Hart.

In this third installment of the interview, managers at Sage Memorial Hospital describe how the OhmniLab robots have become part of their team, complete with Navajo names.

Karen Hoffmann, MS, RN, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC, will be honored with the Carole DeMille Achievement Award during the 2023 APIC conference in Orlando, Florida, held June 26 to 28, 2023. She also discusses the poster she will be presenting.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the infection prevention field had to think outside the box they were used to. The Navajo Nation was no different. Outside their box, they found UV-C robots.

The FDA released a draft guideline for creating and distributing tattoo inks to prevent microorganisms from tainting the inks and causing severe infections. They are asking for input.

Investigators studied the risk factors for surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy procedures using NHSN data and diagnosis codes from administrative data.

What is the CDC's Antimicrobial Resistance Funding map? A key opinion leader explains.

Listen to how a doctor in rehabilitation who works with patients with brain and neurologic injuries is now working with patients with long COVID.

What is infection control and prevention like on the Navajo Nation? Find out in this first of 3 installments in a conversation with managers at the Sage Memorial Hospital, Navajo Health Foundation.

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe infection and fatal in 10% of cases.

Improper handling of insulated instruments can lead to serious complications, including fatal surgical site infections for patients and staff.

Sterilization in hospitals often lacks coordination with other departments, which may hinder knowledge exchange and performance. What can be done to overcome this challenge?

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

New data about an antibiotic was announced at ECCMID that can treat Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii infections.

ANSI/AAMI Protective Barriers 70 (PB70) has been updated. A presentation at the annual HSPA conferences explained the changes, and ICT spoke to the presenters. Listen to the interview!

“The public health emergency ending doesn't mean that infectious disease [threats] are over, whether from COVID-19 or otherwise.”

“It doesn't matter if the public health emergency goes away or not. Because we haven't taken advantage of the public health emergency over the last 2 years to understand and address the gaps quite apparent to every American out there.”

A veteran in the sterile processing field, Sharon Greene-Golden gave several presentations at the HSPA Annual Conference. She spoke to ICT about them.