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Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending April 8.


Weekly Rounds: Contaminated Endoscopes and In-Use Buckets Threaten Patient Safety and More

.  She has been a writer and editor for over 30 years.  She has an MA and BA in English Composition/Literature from the University of Akron in Akron, OH.  

From 2014 to 2021, continued FDA reports have shown multidrug-resistant bacteria contaminating 6 types of endoscopes have had fatal consequences.

Despite Safety Alerts, Contaminated Flexible Endoscopes Continue to Put Patients at Risk 

The letter comes after a year of reprocessing validation testing and a voluntary medical device recall. 


The FDA Issues Urgent Warning About Karl Storz Endoscopes Reprocessing Methods

The contamination was found during another study that involved culturing surfaces before and after routine daily cleaning/disinfection. 


In-Use Disinfectant Bucket Identified as Source of Contamination in Hospital

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending April 1. 

Weekly Rounds: Highlights From April's Issue, COVID-19 Boosters, and More

Edward Nardell, MD, is a professor of medicine (global health) at Harvard Medical School and a professor of public health (Environmental Health; Immunology and Infectious Diseases) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, both in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rethinking the application of air disinfection in the era of COVID-19.


Fans, Filters, Rays, or Ions?

IPs can provide valuable input on construction projects, water safety, and ventilation.


Pandemic Places Importance of Preventing Environmental Infection at Center Stage

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending March 25. 

Weekly Rounds: C diff Rates Reduced Nearly 75% With Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfection System

Tara Millson is the director of infection prevention at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. She has extensive clinical experience in nursing and infection prevention in acute care and hemodialysis settings, as well as experience in public health surveillance at the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. She is active with several professional organizations, serving as vice chair for the Practice Guidance Committee of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and serving on the Guidelines Committee of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. She was certified in infection control in 2016, earned a doctorate in nursing practice and infection prevention from Loyola University Chicago in 2018, and was named a fellow of APIC in 2020.

The hemodialysis setting presents a challenge for environmental cleaning and disinfection because of the demand for rapid turnover of stations.

Infection Prevention and Control Are Crucial in Dialysis Settings

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The system gives infection preventionists another tool to combat the pathogen despite implementation challenges. 


C diff Rates Reduced Nearly 75% With Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfection System

 environmental services (EVS) page recognizes the team responsible for sanitation and cleaning within the health care system. EVS personnel are an integral component of infection prevention in the hospital, working closely together with the health care staff to ensure patient safety and hygiene standards. 

 keeps a close eye on developments in the environmental services industry and reports on any peer-reviewed literature. This page also features video interviews with EVS and the professionals who interact with them.

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